Monday 7 July 2025 Today is Monday the 7th of July, in the 14th week of Ordinary Time. Nick Chambers sings, ‘It Is Good To Be Here With You’. As you listen, are these words you can say to God today? When you bring me up the mount, Into the brightness of the cloud Even when I cannot stay, when I don’t know what to say. It is good to be here with you, with you. When I hear the voice above “This is my Beloved Son” When I’m shaken by the sound With my face pressed to the ground It is good to be here...
Jul 07, 2025•13 min
Sunday 6 July 2025 Today is Sunday the 6th of July, beginning the 14th week of Ordinary Time. IAMSON, with Jessica Fox and Paul Zach sings, ‘Lead Me, Guide Me.’ I am weak, and I need your strength and power To help me o’er my weakest hour; Help me through the darkness Thy face to see, Lead me, O Lord, lead me. Lead me, guide me along the way; Lord, if You lead me, I will not stray; Lord, let me walk each day with Thee. Lead me, O Lord, lead me. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. Luke 10...
Jul 06, 2025•12 min
Saturday 5 July 2025 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. Take a few slow, deep breaths. If you’re able, you might like to stand, kneel or simply remain seated. Let God look at you. Just as you are. Let your shoulders fall, your knees soften, your arms hang gently by your sides, your head loll a little, then come to rest Be calm, be still, come to rest. Ask God to throw light on this time of prayer, as you look back over your week. Think of the Jesus you have come across this week: who calms storms, ...
Jul 05, 2025•9 min
Friday 4 July 2025 Today is Friday the 4th of July, in the 13th week of Ordinary Time. Liz Vice with Good Shepherd Collective sings ‘Amazing Grace’ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed! I once was lost, but now am found, I once was blind, but now I see. Through many dangers, toil...
Jul 04, 2025•11 min
Thursday 3 July 2025 Today is Thursday the 3rd of July, the feast of Saint Thomas, in the 13th week of Ordinary Time. The community of Taizé sing ‘Dieu ne peut que donner son amour’: God can only give faithful love, tenderness and forgiveness. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John. John 20:24-29 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of t...
Jul 03, 2025•12 min
Wednesday 2 July 2025 Today is Wednesday the 2nd of July, in the 13th week of Ordinary Time. The Choir of the King’s Consort sing Henry Purcell’s Hear My Prayer, O Lord: “Hear My Prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.” As I listen, I too bring my prayer, my needs and my longings, the deepest feelings of my heart, before the Lord. Today’s reading is from the Book of Genesis. Genesis 21:5, 8-20 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. The child grew, and was w...
Jul 02, 2025•13 min
Tuesday 1 July 2025 Today is Tuesday the 1st of July, in the 13th week of Ordinary Time. Salt of the Sound sings, ‘Peace I Leave With You’. Peace, my peace Peace I leave with you My peace I give Not as the world gives Not as the world gives, I give to you My peace Do not let your hearts be troubled And do not be afraid Do not let your hearts be troubled No, do not be afraid Peace Peace Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 8:23-27 And when he got into the boat, his disciples fol...
Jul 01, 2025•12 min
Monday 30 June 2025 Today is Monday the 30th of June, in the 13th week of Ordinary Time. Jon Guerra sings, ‘Take Up Your Cross’. If anyone would come after me Let him deny himself Take up his cross Follow me If anyone would come after me Let him deny himself Take up his cross Follow me Whoever would save his life Will lose it Whoever loses his life for me Will find it If anyone claims to worship God Let him give all away Take up his cross Follow me Whoever would save his life Will lose it Whoeve...
Jun 30, 2025•12 min
Sunday 29 June 2025 Today is Sunday the 29th of June, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, beginning the 13th week of Ordinary Time. The Choir of Westminster Cathedral sing Tu Es Petrus by Palestrina: ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’ Tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. Quodcumque ligaveris super terram, erit ligatu...
Jun 29, 2025•13 min
Saturday 28 June 2025 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. Today is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will pray with this in our Examen today. Begin by placing yourself in God’s presence. Thank the Lord for the gift of this day, for the moments of love, beauty, and grace. Thank You for the witness of Mary’s Immaculate Heart — a heart full of purity, trust, humility, and love. Ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to see the week that has passed. Reflect with honesty and...
Jun 28, 2025•10 min
Friday 27 June 2025 Today is Friday the 27th of June, the feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the 12th week of Ordinary Time. Jon and Valerie Guerra sing, ‘The Lord Is My Shepherd’. As you listen, why not place yourself as a sheep in your imagination? How does it feel to be under the Lord’s care? The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want He makes me to lie down in green pastures He leadeth me beside still waters He restores my soul, oh, my soul The...
Jun 27, 2025•13 min
Thursday 26 June 2025 Today is Thursday the 26th of June, in the 12th week of Ordinary Time. The community of Taizé sing Wait for the Lord. ‘Wait for the Lord, his day is near. Wait for the Lord, be strong, take heart.’ Today’s reading is from the Book of Genesis. Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, and Sarai said to Abram, ‘You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; ...
Jun 26, 2025•13 min
Wednesday 25 June 2025 Today is Wednesday the 25th of June, in the 12th week of Ordinary Time. Ex Cathedra, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, sing Hanaq Pachap Kusikuynin, a hymn in the Quechua language of South America, a beautiful prayer which I might make my own as I listen now: “Bliss of heaven: a thousand times I adore you. Tree of uncountable fruits. Hope of the peoples. Pillar of the weak. Listen to my prayer.” Hanacpachap cussicuinin, Huaran cacta muchas caiqui. Yupairuru pucocmallqui, Runa ...
Jun 25, 2025•13 min
Tuesday 24 June 2025 Today is Tuesday the 24th of June, the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, in the 12th week of Ordinary Time. The monks of Pluscarden Abbey sing Venite filii, audite me. ‘Come, my sons and daughters, listen to me... Come to the Lord and be enlightened; and your faces will not be put to shame.’ As you enter into prayer now, can you sense that invitation from God? Can you hear those words spoken to you? And accept the welcome, and that reassurance that God wants to give you? (...
Jun 24, 2025•12 min
Monday 23 June 2025 Today is Monday the 23rd of June, in the 12th week of Ordinary Time. Davy, with the Porter’s Gate, sings Psalm 5. Listen, God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of all my groans and cries? Listen, God! I need your help. Every morning you’ll hear me at it again. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar, And watch for fire to descend. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 7:...
Jun 23, 2025•12 min
Sunday 22 June 2025 Today is Sunday the 22nd of June, the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, beginning the 12th week of Ordinary Time. The Convivium Singers sing ‘The Real Presence’ by Margaret Rizza. On this feast day, take a moment to recall any special or significant encounters you have had during the Eucharist... how have you met with Christ in this way? (Lyrics currently unavailable) Today’s reading is from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 F...
Jun 22, 2025•13 min
Saturday 21 June 2025 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. Today is the feast of St Aloysius Gonzaga, a young Jesuit saint who gave all that he had in response to God’s call. This week’s readings have been full of challenge and invitation. Some aspects of the challenge may have appeared superhuman, even mad: generosity in the face of persecution, self-giving without hope of reward, trying to be as perfect as God. We make our examen trusting in God’s amazing grace, given without our earning or deservi...
Jun 21, 2025•9 min
Friday 20 June 2025 Today is Friday the 20th of June, in the 11th week of Ordinary Time. The community of Taizé sing C’est toi, ma lampe, Seigneur. “O Lord, you are my lamp. My God, enlighten my darkness” Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 6:19-23 ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not bre...
Jun 20, 2025•12 min
Thursday 19 June 2025 Today is Thursday the 19th of June, in the 11th week of Ordinary Time. Juliano Ravanello sings ‘Pater Noster’, the Our Father. As you listen to this twice through, you might like to pray the Lord’s Prayer in your own language. Pater noster qui es in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum; adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua, sicut in coelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. et ne ...
Jun 19, 2025•12 min
Wednesday 18 June 2025 Today is Wednesday the 18th of June, in the 11th week of Ordinary Time. Molly Parden with Bifrost Arts sings ‘Psalm 126’. Our mouths they were filled, filled with laughter Our tongues they were loosed, loosed with joy Restore us, O Lord Restore us, O Lord Although we are weeping Lord, help us keep sowing The seeds of Your Kingdom For the day You will reap them Your sheaves we will carry Lord, please do not tarry All those who sow weeping will go out with songs of joy The n...
Jun 18, 2025•12 min
Tuesday 17 June 2025 Today is Tuesday the 17th of June, in the 11th week of Ordinary Time. Leslie Jordan with the Porter’s Gate sings, ‘Good to Me’. As you listen, reflect on the ways you have experienced the goodness of God over the years. I can taste the sweetness of Your mercy But I feel the sting of grief still in my chest Not sure I've known the one without the other So I will cling to the belief I know the best You have been You will be You are so good to me I reach out my hand in hopes Yo...
Jun 17, 2025•12 min
Tuesday 17 June 2025 Today is Tuesday the 17th of June, in the 11th week of Ordinary Time. Leslie Jordan with the Porter’s Gate sings, ‘Good to Me’. As you listen, reflect on the ways you have experienced the goodness of God over the years. I can taste the sweetness of Your mercy But I feel the sting of grief still in my chest Not sure I've known the one without the other So I will cling to the belief I know the best You have been You will be You are so good to me I reach out my hand in hopes Yo...
Jun 17, 2025•12 min
Monday 16 June 2025 Today is Monday the 16th of June, in the 11th week of Ordinary Time. The University of Johannesburg Choir sing the Kyrie: Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy. These imploring words, which have been sung for centuries, are a reminder of the inexhaustible mercy of God, of God’s unfailing compassion and forgiveness. As you listen, you might like to think for a moment about your own need for that forgiveness, and the need to show that same forgiveness to others. Kyrie eleison Ch...
Jun 16, 2025•11 min
Sunday 15 June 2025 Today is Sunday the 15th of June, the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, beginning the 11th week of Ordinary Time. Bifrost Arts sing, ‘Wisdom and Grace’. Teach us to number our days That we may apply our hearts to Your ways O! Teach us to number our days with wisdom and grace, wisdom and grace. Wisdom and grace, wisdom and grace You've been our home and our dwelling our place in all generations. Before the earth or the mountains were formed, Lord, You were God. Teach us to numbe...
Jun 15, 2025•13 min
Saturday 14 June 2025 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. This weekend we celebrate Trinity Sunday – God in relationship of love between three Persons. As you look back over the week or a longer period, ask yourself the following questions . . . When have you shared in the creativity of God the Creator? . . . How have you been as Christ to someone else? . . . When did you dance with the Holy Spirit? . . . And also ask yourself: when did you neglect to care for God’s creation? . . . How have you fall...
Jun 14, 2025•8 min
Friday 13 June 2025 Today is Friday the 13th of June, the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, in the 10th week of Ordinary Time. The monks of Glenstal Abbey sing Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est. ‘Wherever love is true, God is there.’ Reflect on the people who will be around you today. Picture their faces. Think of the lives they lead: their work, their worries, their passions, their loves. God is present in there: the God who is love. Present, living, dwelling in every one of these people, and i...
Jun 13, 2025•13 min
Thursday 12 June 2025 Today is Thursday the 12th of June, in the 10th week of Ordinary Time. Good Shepherd Collective sings, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’. As you enter prayer today, notice if anything is distracting you, or holding you back. Lay it at the feet of Jesus. You might like to use the music as a tool to help you stay in the here and now with God... Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty Glory to the Father, Amen Alleluia, alleluia Alleluia, alleluia Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty God in t...
Jun 12, 2025•13 min
Wednesday 11 June 2025 Today is Wednesday the 11th of June, the feast of Saint Barnabas, in the 10th week of Ordinary Time. CalledOut Music sings, ‘Worst Days’. God of everything You reached out to me Made a home in my heart I just can't explain I just stand in awe Of Your wonderful love And even on my worst days It stays the same I just don't understand How high How wide How deep Is Your love Love that knows no end I'm wrapped up in the arms of my Father I'll never lose my position I will alway...
Jun 11, 2025•13 min
Tuesday 10 June 2025 Today is Tuesday the 10th of June, in the 10th week of Ordinary Time. The Community of Taizé sing Christe Lux Mundi: ‘O Christ, light of the world, whoever follows you will have the light of life.’ Christe, lux mundi, qui sequitur te, habebit lumen vitae, lumen vitae Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 5:13-16 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown ...
Jun 10, 2025•12 min
Monday 9 June 2025 Today is Monday the 9th of June, the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, in the 10th week of Ordinary Time. The Gaudete Ensemble sings Ave Maria by Margaret Rizza. Today’s reading is from the Acts of the Apostles. Acts 1:12-14 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, a...
Jun 09, 2025•12 min
