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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 - 3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday of Advent Year A A new road Matthew 11: 2-11 and Isaiah 35: 1-10 Tell me, are you the Messiah? Although my circumstances are nothing like John’s, sometimes when I feel alone, and the going is hard, convictions once firmly held seem to evaporate. I turn to …
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time C
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C But it hasn’t happened Luke 4:14-21 Captives will be released, The blind will see, The downtrodden will be freed from their oppressors, The time of the Lord's favour has come; This scripture has come true today before your very eyes…
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C Is it you Lord? John 21: 1-19 How could they not recognise him? They had been with him for three years. Day and night he had been the centre of their lives. He was their best friend and their teacher... Created by David Middleton on behalf…
Meditation - Trinity Sunday Year C
Meditation - Trinity Sunday Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Trinity Sunday Time Year C Tomorrow John 16: 12-15 Why? Why go to such lengths to fill us in, Father God? As I look back over the history of your relationship with us I am staggered at the lengths you’ve done to keep us informed. You are God, accountable to no one, f…
Meditation - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B A suffering servant Mark 10: 35-45 I’m so embarrassed; I feel so stupid, so naïve, I really can’t believe I said it. I shudder to think of it now. Oh dear! I really didn’t know what I was talking about. Whenever I think of it I recal…
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 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C The Opportunity of a Lifetime Luke 4:21-30 Isn’t this Joseph’s son? (Well, technically no, and maybe that’s the whole problem) Certainly this is Jesus, known as the son of Joseph. They all spoke so well of him, Amazed at the graciou…
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Lent year C
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Lent year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday in Lent Year C Change or decay Luke 13: 1-9 I talked to Jesus yesterday; I told him about those poor souls murdered by Pilate’s men in the temple, while they were making sacrifices. I just thought he ought to know. I feel so helpless when I hear about such…
Meditation - 2th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 2th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Don’t get discouraged Luke 18: 1-8 It was one of those rare occasions without crowds; We were on our way to Jerusalem, gradually, And Jesus turned to us and started to tell us a story About a godless, contemptuous judge Who gave in t…
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A This is the man Matthew 3: 13-17 I went to see John today, out by the Jordan; you should have been there, it was incredible; I’ve never experienced anything like it before! You know what John is like – larger than life to say the leas…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Let the Son shine in John 1: (1-9) 10-18 They say that my eyes are the window to my soul, the lamp that lights up my whole body. If my eyes are good then my whole being will be full of light! Pure eyes will let the sunshine into my so…
Meditation - 29th Sunday in Ordianry Time Year C
Meditation - 29th Sunday in Ordianry Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Don’t get discouraged Luke 18: 1-8 It was one of those rare occasions without crowds; We were on our way to Jerusalem, gradually, And Jesus turned to us and started to tell us a story About a godless, contemptuous judge Who gave in t…
Meditation - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Transformed for eternity Luke 20: 27-38 We realised the Sadducees were trying to trick Jesus, and that they didn’t believe in resurrection at all, so we were annoyed by their impertinence. But even so, it was one of those little ques…
meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B The 613 Squadron Mark 10: 46-52 The law-makers had been busy. 613 Laws according to one account, But which is the most important? I pause from my studies, Silent before my heavenly Father... Created by David Middleton on behalf of LW…
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 - 1st Sunday in Lent Year C
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Lent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Lent Yr C Big ideas Luke 4:1-13 The Church of St John the Baptist had just closed: Such a great shame, they seemed to be doing so well; Lots of new members, and they were really making an impression in the town. Then the minister was unexpectedly taken …
Meditation - 5th Sunday of Lent Year C