by Marian McGrath | Mar 18, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
The word for baptism comes from a root that means “immerse” or “dip”, even “dye” in the ancient world. Paul told the Galatians that baptism was a clothing in Christ (3:27) and the Romans that was a burial with Christ after close association his death (6:3-4). In...
by Marian McGrath | Mar 12, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Reflections for Lent 3 – Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:4-42 Samaritan Woman at the Well. Roman catacomb, early 4 th century. “It is precisely in this that God proves his love for us: that while we were still sinners, Christ diedfor us” (Romans 5:8). While we were still...
by Marian McGrath | Mar 5, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
The Jews call Abraham their father because they spring from him. The Muslims who venerate him equally called him the “friend” — friend to God and because of his defence of his nephew Lot and his hospitality to the three visitors at Mamre, friend indeed. We...
by Marian McGrath | Feb 26, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Reflections on the Readings for the First Sunday in Lent: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7;Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11Here we are a few days into Lent, and we are faced with two stories and an allegory. Theallegory, the second reading, assigns a meaning to the...
by Marian McGrath | Feb 21, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Final Reflections on the BeatitudesOver the last few weeks, we have been considering the Beatitudes, those remarkable, paradoxical sayings of Jesus with which he begins the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12).They are a source for continuing reflection with much more...
by admin | Jan 3, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
The desire for inner stillness, for the silence of the heart, is really the desire to experience the presence of God, a longing to know that Jesus truly lives with us, is present with his, is always there for us. One of the great tragedies of our lives, of the lives...
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