Mgr Anthony Abela, Author at Catholic Herald

Mgr Anthony Abela

January 26, 2017

Matthew 5:1-12 1 Jesus saw the crowds and went up a hill, where he sat down. His disciples gathered round him, 2 and he began to teach them: 3 “Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! 4 Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them!

Lectio Divina

January 19, 2017

Matthew 4:12-23 12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee. 13 He did not stay in Nazareth, but went to live in Capernaum, a town by Lake Galilee, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was done to make what the prophet Isaiah had said

Lectio Divina

January 12, 2017

Matthew 2:1-12 1-2 Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king. Soon afterwards, some men who studied the stars came from the east to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came

Lectio Divina

January 05, 2017

Matthew 3:13-17 (baptism of the Lord) 13 At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptised by him. 14 But John tried to make him change his mind. “I ought to be baptised by you,” John said, “and yet you have come to me!” 15 But Jesus

Lectio Divina

December 22, 2016

Luke 2:15-20 15 When the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and saw the baby lying in the manger. 17

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December 15, 2016

Matthew 1:18-24 18 This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not

Lectio Divina

December 08, 2016

Matthew 11:2-11 2 When John the Baptist heard in prison about the things that Christ was doing, he sent some of his disciples to him. 3 “Tell us,” they asked Jesus, “are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?” 4 Jesus answered, “Go back and tell John

Lectio Divina

December 02, 2016

Matthew 3:1-12 1 At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching. 2 “Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of Heaven is near!” 3 John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said: “Someone is shouting in the desert, ‘Prepare a

Lectio Divina

November 24, 2016

Matthew 24:37-44 37 “The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah. 38 In the days before the flood people ate and drank, men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat; 39 yet they did not realise what was happening until

Lectio Divina

November 17, 2016

Luke 23:35-43 35 The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders jeered at him: “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine, 37 and said, “Save yourself if you are

Lectio Divina

November 10, 2016

Luke 21:5-19 5 Some of the disciples were talking about the Temple, how beautiful it looked with its fine stones and the gifts offered to God. Jesus said, 6 “All this you see – the time will come when not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one will be thrown

Lectio Divina

November 03, 2016

Luke 20:27-38 27 Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said, 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man’s brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be

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