During Lent in 2021, I was asked to give a short meditation on a saint during our mid-week services. The assigned saint was based on the Calendar.
Reflections on St. Matthias (Acts 1:15-26; John 15:6-16)
And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Reflections on John and Charles Wesley (Ps.98, Isa. 6, Lk. 9)
O For a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer’s praise!
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!
Reflections on Gregory the Great
Choose, therefore, from every church those things that are pious, religious, and upright, and when you have, as it were, made them up into one body, let the minds of the English be accustomed thereto.
Reflections on Saint Patrick – (1 Thess. 2:1-8, Matt.28:16-20)
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Reflections on the Annunciation (Isa. 7:10-14, Luke 1:26-38)
Like Mary, we too have been asked and tasked to help make God real and present in this world.