LWPT
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…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Exodus 33: 12-23 Thessalonians 1: 1-10 Matthew 22: 15-22 In the first Narnia story by CS Lewis – “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” – one of the children asks if Aslan (the lion who allegorically represents Jesus) is “safe”. “Of …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 22ndSunday in Ordinary Time Year A Romans 12: 9-21 In our passage from Romans, this week, Paul is continuing his discourse on putting righteousness into practice within the Church and the wider world. He makes three further main points: Love Bear up under persecution…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Romans 12: 9-21 In chapter 12 of his letter to the Romans, Paul has reached an interesting and, I think, surprising point in his argument. Since chapter 1 he has been developing a statement regarding righteousness by faith, first of …
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A The story of the feeding of the five thousand is one of the best known in the Bible; it is recorded in each of the gospels. It all began because Jesus wanted some peace and quiet after he heard of the violent death of his cousin, Joh…
LWPT Meditations - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Roman 8: 26-39 It takes a lot of faith to believe and trust what Paul states in his letter to the Romans chapter 8 verse 28; “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”…
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Genesis 45: 1-15 The story of Joseph is an important one, taking up thirteen of the fifty chapters of Genesis - roughly a quarter. It is easy to overlook as a children’s tale, but it teaches some profound truths. Its purpose is mainl…
LWPT Meditations - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Romans 10: 5-15 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10 v 13) Who is this Lord on whom we must call? The words, quoted by Paul in his letter to the Romans, are from the prophecy of Joel (2 v 32) and are…
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 In the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13 v 24-30, 23-24) an enemy sowed weeds amongst the wheat of a farmer’s crop. It is generally believed that the weeds referred to are darnel – a poisonous gr…
LWPT Meditations - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Psalm 119; 105-112 Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 Romans 8: 1-11 When I was a child I read a very exciting mediaeval adventure story called “The Woods of Windri” by Violet Needham. The main protagonists were a girl called Magdalen, and a sli…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Exodus 32: 1-14 Psalm 106: 1-6, 19-23 Matthew 22: 1-14 I was seven years old when I first heard the story of the golden calf (Exodus 32 v 1-14). It was not until I was grown up, however, and read the account for myself in the Bible, …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Philippians 2: 1-13 Matthew 21: 23-32 We have a very high standard set before us in today’s readings; to have the same attitude as Christ Jesus (Philippians 2 v 5). Specifically, we are to “do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 20: 1-16 The parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20 v 1-16) addresses a very common and understandable human reaction to the gospel; it is not fair. What was going on in this vineyard was certainly unfair. Some me…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 18: 15-20 Our passage from Matthew 18 v 15-20 is embedded in a chapter that deals with humility, not causing others to sin, God’s love for the lost, and the serious consequences of being unmerciful. It is a chapter about the …
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