Posts tagged St Peter

Lovest thou Me?

Sunday 1 May 2022

We are not all apostles. But we are followers of Christ, and our words of declared love for Christ must be demonstrated by tears of conversion and the love of our neighbour, or else it is merely empty rhetoric.

Go to post »

A question of transformation

Sunday 12 September 2021

If we acknowledge our Lord to be the Christ, Son of the living God, then to follow him is only possible if we take up our cross.

Go to post »

Take heart: It is I

Monday 10 August 2020

What we need to do is keep our eyes fixed on Christ. He is the one who is supporting us; he is the one whose strength is enough for us.

Go to post »

We too have a mission

Sunday 28 June 2020

These two apostles had missions from God. They were prepared through their lives, by the providential working of God in their lives so that when that moment came, when that encounter happened, they were ready to receive the message which Christ had for them. They would let it enter into the heart of their beings, they would let it transform them so that they could fulfil the mission which God had for them. What was true of these great foundations of the Church can be true for us too. God has prepared us to fulfil a mission for him, he wants us to carry his message out into the world in our own particular ways.

Go to post »

Witness to the faith and glorify the Lord

Saturday 23 May 2020

Yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.

Go to post »

Always be prepared to give an account for the hope that is in you

Saturday 16 May 2020

The inability for us to live out the sacramental life as a Catholic is a real trial but also an opportunity to bear witness to the Lord. In this mini-martyrdom, are we ready to act and speak in a way that gives a reason for the hope that is in us?

Go to post »