Today’s Readings – Thursday of Week 15 of Ordinary Time - First Reading

Commentary on Isaiah 26:7-9,12,16-19

We have today a beautiful prayer for judgement to come soon. It is the prayer of one who wants to follow closely the Lord’s way:

The way of the righteous is level;
straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.


His one longing is to be close to his Lord:

...your name and your renown
are the soul’s desire.


This contrasts strongly with the cruel and materialistic world of yesterday’s reading.

The next phrase is also a lovely one and one which we could make our own prayer:

My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.


We speak today of ’seeking God in all things’, in every person, in every experience, in every situation.  This is where our lives ge … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor

Bonaventure, the son of a medical doctor, was born in 1221 at Bagnoreggio, near Orvieto. He became a Franciscan in 1243. His intellectual gifts were soon recognized and he was sent to Paris to study under Alexander of Hales. In 1248, he received his licence to teach, and in 1253 he became … Continue