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Has the Christmas season brought us closer to Jesus and his mother?

Submitted by holyroodchurch on January 1, 2021 - 22:05

Has the Christmas season brought us closer to Jesus and his mother?

 

Good morning, Happy New Year, and many blessings.

 

Today we begin a new year according to the “secular” calendar. And even though much of the rest of the world has begun “de-decking” the Christmas decorations, the Church continues to celebrate the Christmas season. The Gospel (Luke

2:16-21

) for this Feast of Mary is the account of the shepherds traveling to Bethlehem to give homage to the Child Jesus.

 

Hope for humanity

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 31, 2020 - 13:53

 

 

Good morning, happy Thursdays, Happy New Year, and many blessings.

 

All four gospels give us stories about the origins of Jesus. In the gospel of Mark, Jesus shows up as a fully-grown man, ready to be commissioned to action by being baptized in the Jordan River. In the gospels of Matthew and Luke, we hear stories of angel-announcements and Jesus’ birth, an extraordinary coming of God as a tiny, vulnerable baby.

 

Nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you.

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 26, 2020 - 11:03

 

 

Good morning, happy Saturday, and many blessings.

 

In today’s Gospel (Matthew

10:17-22

) we learn that faith in Christ is costly. Jesus promised we would meet opposition, and we do, in different forms. Let us ask for the gift of endurance.

 

It is a shock to read this Gospel immediately after Christmas. But this is the world into which Jesus comes. He does not retreat from it in fear or disgust. He will wrap it in his love, and that will be enough to save humankind. I ask for Jesus’ courage and love.

 

Radical hope

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 24, 2020 - 08:16

Radical hope. 

 

Good morning, happy Thursday, Merry Christmas, and many blessings.

 

God works even in the midst of our difficult circumstances

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 23, 2020 - 10:31

 

 

Good morning, happy Wednesday, and many blessings.

 

Maria the Subversive

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 22, 2020 - 11:02

 

 

Good morning, happy Tuesday, and many blessings.

 

The Canticle of Mary (Luke 1:46-56) was one of the canticles of the community of the first Christians. It reveals the level of awareness or consciousness, and the firmness, of the faith which animated her interiorly. Sung in the community, this Canticle of Mary teaches us to pray and to sing. Mary begins by proclaiming the change which is taking place in her life under the loving gaze of God, full of mercy. Because of this, she sings joyfully: “I rejoice in God, my Savior”.

 

God reveals his presence in the most common things of human life.

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 21, 2020 - 20:20

God reveals his presence in the most common things of human life. 

 

Good morning, happy Monday, and many blessings.

 

Luke (1:39-45) stresses the readiness of Mary in serving, in being a handmaid. The angel speaks about the pregnancy of Elizabeth, and immediately Mary rises and sets out as quickly as she can to go and help her. From Nazareth to the house of Elizabeth there were more than 100 km, at least four days of traveling! There were no buses or trains. Mary begins to serve and fulfills her mission on behalf of the people of God.

 

Dare to take risks

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 18, 2020 - 14:15

 

 

Good morning, happy Friday, and many blessings.

 

In Luke’s Gospel, the story of the infancy of Jesus (chapters 1 and 2 of Luke) centers around Mary. However, in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1:18-24), the infancy of Jesus (chapters 1 and 2 of Matthew) centers around Joseph, the promised spouse of Mary. Joseph was a descendant of David. Through him, Jesus belongs to the line of David. Thus, in Jesus, the promises made by God to David and his descendants are fulfilled.

 

Let's celebrate who we are

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 17, 2020 - 11:59

 

 

Good morning, happy Thursday, and many blessings.

 

Doubt is simply the expression of uncertainty

Submitted by holyroodchurch on December 16, 2020 - 11:30

 

 

Good morning, happy Wednesday, and many blessings.

 

The context for today’s Gospel (Matthew

7:19-23

) of this text is already indicated to us the relationship between grace and responsibility, between the initiative of God and what is responded to in us. God calls and loves first, but wants a free and responsible assent: such a response is possible because God loves us first.

 

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Ministry at the time of Coronavirus (Covid 19): Prevent, cure and accompany

Now we have to shape what some have started calling; The Church at Home. Although I keep asking myself; What do those who do not have a home do? For this reason, at the same time, I am declaring today in our Holyrood Church a Lenten day of prayer, fasting and reading the Bible in the Time of the Coronavirus.

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