Friday, April 11 - Are you fully present to the Lord?

11 Apr

Acts 9:1-20

In the meantime Saul kept up his violent threats of murder against the followers of the Lord. He went to the High Priest and asked for letters of introduction to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way of the Lord, he would [...]

Friday, April 5 - Our ‘little’ selves

Acts 5:34-42
But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while, and then he said to the Council, “fellow Israelites, be careful what you do to [...]

Friday, March 7 - Know the truth before we condemn it

Here is our weekly Friday reflection by Jean Cheng:
Wisdom 2:1, 12-22
Wicked people are wrong when they say to themselves,
“Our life is short and full of sorrow, and when its end comes, there is no escape. Righteous people are nothing but a nuisance, so let’s look for chances to get rid of them. [...]

Friday, February 29 - I will love them with all my heart

This is our usual Friday reflection by Jean Cheng. Apologies for the late update.
Hosea 14:2-10
The Lord says this:
Israel, come back to the Lord your God;
your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.
Provide yourself with words
and come back to the Lord.
Say to him, “Take all iniquity away
so that we may [...]

A new beginning for me

I was just typing out today’s readings for OXYGEN, when a line struck me:
The Lord will always guide you,
giving you relief in desert places.

Okay, two lines. I suppose it struck me because I feel, once again, being led to an unfamiliar place. It’s a bit like two years ago, when [...]

Friday, February 8 - Genie in a bottle

One of the changes that I will be making is that I will no longer be putting up daily reflections on this blog. If you are interested in reading daily reflections, please visit my other website at www.thecatholicwriter.com/oxygen. I have decided to concentrate all my efforts on daily reflections in [...]

Tuesday, February 5 - The Father-Child Relationship

2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30 - 19:3
Absalom happened to run into some of David’s followers. Absalom was riding a mule and the mule passed under the thick branches of a great oak. Absalom’s head caught fast in the oak and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while [...]

Monday, February 4 - Got A Problem?

2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13
A messenger came to tell David, “The hearts of the men of Israel are now with Absalom.” So David said to all his officers who were with him in Jerusalem, “Let us be off, let us fly, or we shall never escape from Absalom. Leave as [...]

Sunday, February 3 - How to be happy?

Louis Mayer
Louis B. Mayer was the dominant figure in the film industry, from the silent era through the talkies revolution. While the other early moguls were simply trying to make the best movies they could, young Mayer was an ideologue intent on using the power of the new medium to [...]

Saturday, February 2 - Truth

2 Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17
The Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. He came to him and said:
“In the same town were two men,
one rich, the other poor.
The rich man had flocks and herds
in great abundance;
the poor man had nothing but an ewe lamb,
one only, a small one he had bought.
This he fed, and [...]