Tag Archive | Prayer
Prayer: A check on attitudes
Homily for 30th Sunday in Ordinary time year C 2013 A story is told of a young boy kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament .This is his prayer. ‘Lord, I need food today for myself and for my younger brother. Please give me $20.’ The person praying near him heard his plea, so she fished out […]
Dialogue with God
Blogger’s note: I found this amazing way of meditating on, reflecting on and praying of The Lord’s Prayer by Flor McCarthy SDB Author’s note for effects: The Most effective way of presenting this dialogue is as follows. Choose a stranger, or at least un unfamiliar voice, to play the part of God. Provide him with […]
Prayer, Fasting and Obedience to the Word of God: Jesus’ way to beat the tempter
Homily for 1st Sunday of Lent year C 2013 In my homily last Wednesday (Ash Wednesday), I said to some of the children at our parish primary school that one way to observe lent is to give up something that we love doing such as eating lollies or chocolates, or watching TV, or playing video […]
Prayer, Eucharist, and Friendship: Key to loving God and our neighbours
Homily for 31st Sunday in Ordinary time year B 2012 Many of us might have heard of the extraordinary story of a Vietnamese Archbishop named Cardinal François Nguyen Van Thuan who was imprisoned by the communist government in Vietnam just three months after he was appointed coadjutor Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh (Saigon). He then […]
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