Word in the Hand

Gospel Matthew 2:13-18  After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.’ So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt, where he stayed until Herod was dead. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I called my son out of Egypt. Herod was furious when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, and in Bethlehem and its surrounding district he had all the male children killed who were two years old or under, reckoning by the date he had been careful to ask the wise men. It was then that the words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled: A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loudly lamenting: it was Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforte...

Sunday Gospel Reflection Mark 1:12-15  The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.   After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’ There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.       Denis Waitley One of my Lenten practices is to turn off the radio or cd player and drive to and from work in silence - giving me a 40 minute space each way to let God be my passenger - a bit of 'us' time.  In fact this is such a favourite practice that I generally carry it on all year; except for times when I use this as an opportunity to listen to recorded talks and lectures in peace.  Just ...