David Middleton
Meditation - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B I’m confused Mark 8: 24-37 It was good to be alone, just Jesus and the twelve of us. It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s great when it does. We have some really good chats on such occasions, Jesus tends to relax and he shares some…
Meditation - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B I need you, I need you now Mark 7: 24-37 Were you really going to ignore her Jesus? Her tiny little daughter was poorly Not just poorly, she was possessed by a demon. I’m sure she touched your heart, Jesus, I’m sure you must have fel…
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B My Son, my son 2 Samuel 18: 33 Ephesians 5: 1-2 John 6: 51 David went up to his room and burst into tears. “My son, my son; if only I could have died instead of you! I told them to be kind to you I told them not to harm you. They did…
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B I love it when a plan comes together! Mark 6: 30-34 It must have been so exciting Father, going from town to town, Telling people about Jesus, calling them to turn from their sins, Casting out demons, and healing the sick. But I gues…
Meditation - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C I was just one of the crowd Luke 10: 1-11. 16-20 I panic when Jesus is looking for volunteers! It’s not that I don’t want to help, I just get so nervous not knowing what I’m going to have to do, so my heart sank when he picked me. I …
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Time Year A
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 4th Sunday of Easter Time Year B What’s in it for him? John 10: 1-13 I’ve been listening to Jesus quite a bit recently; whenever I can get away from work I have gone to find him, I’m quite intrigued by what he has to say, but there has always been this nagging doubt,…
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 22: 34-46 Leviticus 19: 1-2, 15-18 Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 Jesus spent the final week of his earthly life fielding awkward questions, aimed at him by people who did not so much want the answer as to catch him out in order to acc…
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year A
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 3rd Sunday of Easter Time Year A He Walked out on death Luke 24: 13-35 It promised to be a long hard road to Emmaus: The events of the past few days had taken their toll, we were tired, confused and thoroughly depressed. A stranger joined us and despite our best effor…
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 4th Sunday in Lent Year A Destiny’s Child Luke 2: 33-35 We can’t imagine life without our little bundle of joy! Mary has taken to motherhood like a fish takes to water; Oh don’t get me wrong, we still have our moments, it’s not like everything is perfect, it was boun…
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 5th Sunday in Lent Year A Why am I wrapped like a corpse? John 11: 1-45 ‘If only Jesus had been in Judea’, they lamented ‘our brother Lazarus would still be alive now not lying there cold in his tomb surrounded by all this crying and wailing.’ Mary and Martha had sen…
Meditation - Palm Sunday Year A
Meditation - Palm Sunday Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- Palm Sunday Year A Only time will tell Matthew 26: 14-17: 66 When he said he was going to Jerusalem we guessed he would need some support, after all, last time he was here the authorities wanted him dead, so we told our families they would have to fend for themselves…
Meditation - Easter Day Year A
Meditation - Easter Day Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation - Easter Day Year A Go and tell my brothers! John 20: 1-18 Wake up, wake up! I’ve seen Jesus!’ ‘You mean you’ve seen his body?’ ‘No, I mean I didn’t see his body.’ ‘What do you mean Mary, you’ve seen him but you haven’t seen him?’ ‘I mean his body wasn’t there.’ Creat…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday of Easter Year A
Meditation - 2nd Sunday of Easter Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation - 2nd Sunday of Easter Time Year A Go and tell others! John 20: 19-31 I’ll never forget the first time we saw Jesus after his resurrection. It was the first day of the week. We’d spent all Sabbath moping around and wondering what to do with ourselves; after three years…
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Order out of chaos Luke 8: 26-39 So many demands on my time, so many people expecting so much of me… Life had just got too much, Lord. I was trying to be so many people all at the same time: husband – to my loyal wife, father – to my…
Meditation - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Tears of gratitude Luke 7: 36- 8: 3 I know what Simon’s thinking, I recognise that look. Many respectable people have looked at me like that, but Jesus is different. When he first met me it was obvious he disapproved of my life styl…
Meditation - 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A Tomorrow is taken care of Matthew 6: 24-34 Lord I’m a worrier, so your words today really challenged me. You called me to follow you and I left everything and followed you. You said today I couldn’t serve two masters, and I was comf…
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Easter Year C
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 7th Sunday in Easter Yr C One! John 17: 20-26 I stop and wonder; What it would be like to have been one of the twelve? How privileged they were to know Jesus so intimately, to be known to him personally, to be called to follow him by name, to be chosen as part of tha…
Meditation - 6th Sunday of Lent Year C