Category Archives: Daily Reflection

Wednesday 31 May, 2023 | The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18; Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12; Luke 1:39-56 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) Writing from her hiddenness in the attic of an Amsterdam house, Anne Frank wrote, “I don’t think of all the misery,Continue reading “The beauty that remains”

Tuesday 30 May, 2023 | Eighth Week in Ordinary Time |Readings: Ecclesiasticus 35:2-15; Psalm 49(50):5-8,14,23; Mark 10:28-31 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) Speaking of his fight against injustice as he led the civil rights movement in the US, Martin Luther King said, “Human progress is neither automaticContinue reading “What about us?”

Saturday 27 May, 2023 | Seventh Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Psalm 10(11):4-5,7; John 21:20-25 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) In 2022, Penguin Publishers asked their readers to tell them about their favourite classic books, and they created a list of 100 must read classics featuringContinue reading “Shaped by the love of God”

Friday 25 May, 2023 | Seventh Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 22:30,23:6-11; Psalm  15(16):1-2,5,7-11; John 17:20-26 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) In Dylan Thomas’s play for voices, Under Milk Wood, we are given a glimpse into the lives of the residents of Llareggub, beginning when it isContinue reading “Shaped by the love of God”

Friday 19 May, 2023 | Sixth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 18:9-18; Psalm  46(47):2-7; John 16:20-23 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) C.S Lewis, the renowned author of the The Chronicles of Narnia, also wrote many Christian books for adults, including the book, A Grief Observed which wasContinue reading “No more questions”

Wednesday 17 May, 2023 | Sixth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 17:15,22-18:1; Psalm  148:1-2,11-14; John 16:12-15 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) “When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside youContinue reading “Faith seeking understanding”

Tuesday 16 May, 2023 | Sixth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 16:22-34; Psalm 137(138):1-3,7-8; John 16:5-11 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) “The strength of a nation derives from the strength of the home,” said Confucius, the Chinese philosopher and politician who lived 500 years before Christ’s birth. Continue reading “At home with God”

Monday 15 May, 2023 | Sixth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 16:11-15; Psalm 149:1-6,9; John 15:26-16:4 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) “I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new,’ said Phileas Fogg in Around the WorldContinue reading “Near and Far”

Saturday 13 May, 2023 | Fifth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 16:1-10; Psalm 99(100):1-3,5; 1-4; John 15:18-21 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) ‘The Christian Church is not the product of human wisdom,” said Basil Hume.  “It is not primarily motivated by humanitarian concern.  It is the guardianContinue reading “Remember the words”

Saturday 6 May, 2023 | Fourth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 13:44-52; Psalm 97(98):1-4; John 14:7-14 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) In his poem called ‘Message,’ RS Thomas writes: “A message from God /delivered by a bird / at my window, offering friendship. / Listen. Such language?Continue reading “A message from God”