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Saint Kentigern, Bishop (commemoration of Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor)

January 13th, 2010

He went off to a lonely place to pray.
Mark 1:29-39

In today’s Gospel we hear that Jesus continues with his ministry of healing and preaching. The throng is deeply impressed and follows in large numbers with the desire, no doubt, to experience another miracle of healing.

Despite his tiredness and the demands of the crowd Jesus is always mindful of his special relationship with the Father. “Long before dawn he got up and went off to a lonely place to pray.” The spirit urges Jesus to extend his ministry to those who have not yet heard the Good News.

Prayer


Lord Jesus you came to reveal the Father’s love for all humanity and to bring healing and wholeness to those suffering from all kinds of ailments. Give us hearts that are sensitive to your message of love and a humble, generous spirit in our service of others.

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Just a Thought

Hope

John XXIII, referred to as the ‘caretaker Pope’, realising the widening gap between the Church and the world of his day, wrote: “An old world is disappearing. Another one is being formed, and with this I am trying to conceal some good seed or other that will have its springtime, even if it is somewhat delayed, and comes after I’m dead.”

Thomas Merton writes: “One must not give in to defeatism and despair: just as one must hope for life in a mortal illness which has been declared incurable.”

Even when dark clouds surround us, even when everything appears to be falling apart, we must continue to believe for a better future. Whatever the problem, there is a way forward.

So, my hope is in God alone because I believe in him; this is my faith. It is in him I put my faith and that faith, my belief in God’s love for me and all his creation, is the bedrock in which like an anchor, I put my hope. Together with that hope and faith is my love and fidelity in responding to that God in whom I live and move and have my being. In him I place my hope.

“Hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:15-19).

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