St Lukes Podcast

Blessed Feast of the Nativity!

As we read in the Gospel, the anticipation of the coming Messiah within Israel was drawing nigh. This same anticipation and hope is what we as Christians should be cultivating everyday within our hearts. Longing for our Lord above all else.

As we begin the New Year Fr Dan encourages us to seek our Lord a little more deeply day by day. As long as we continue to grow closer to Him slowly, then eventually we will realise that those small changes we couldnt see have led us to His very side.

The Light has come but it has to dispel the darkness. Just as our Lord is Incarnate into the world so also He is into our own hearts and lives, slowly dispelling the darkness that lies within each one of us.

All things will pass away, but Christ will not. In fact, He alone is eternal. Everything in this world is finite and has an end; quite often we tend not to thing about this and instead live our lives as if we are invincible. However, we need to be reminded of the fact that Christ alone is eternal and He desires for us to share in His eternity, so that we can be united with Him forever.

God has already given to us everything we need. He has blessed us beyond what we deserve. Each and every single day, each and every breath is a gift from God. Our relationship with Him should be based on this and this should occupy the forefront of our minds each and every day.

God loves when we are obedient to the commandments, but this is only the beginning. It is a means to the end which is a relationship with Him.

The ground of our heart is either receptive to God, or it is not. There is no neutrality. There is no middle ground. Unfortunately we often not receptive to Christ at all placing us against Him. We are at enmity with Him. Fr Dan teaches us that this should not be so, but instead we should be the opposite.

Join us as we take a deep dive into Holy Communion

Why does Christ speak in parables? It is because we as humans cannot fully grasp the things of eternity, but we are also called to seek heaven. So what do we do? We come to Christ and we ask Him to reveal these things to us so that we can understand these hidden mysteries. Ultimately so we can see the mystery of God's love for us.

Join us as we have Fr Paul come and speak to us about how to pray

We often forget that everything around us has been made by God and shows His power, glory and manifold wisdom. Just like St Andrew in the Gospel reading, let us all approach each day presenting to Christ whatever we have, with simple but fervent faith so that as we go out we have our lives filled with Christ.

Do we wake up everyday grasping for the wind or do we wake up reaching for the One thing that truly matters. Fr Sam helps us to take stock of our lives and to ask ourselves the question, 'what is my reason to live?'

Our words hold the key to life and death. When we use our tongues and the words from our mouth to bless and lift others up around us then we can help them grow closer to God. When we do the opposite we have the ability to cast others down to the ground and trample them underfoot. Let us use our tongues and our words to ensure that we build up the Kingdom of God and not tear it down.

St Peter became one of the greatest saints because he stayed near Christ. When we do the same ten we in turn will begin to be Christlike

No flesh can glory in His presence. Just like the sinner woman who washed the feet of our Lord Jesus and the Phoenician woman who worshiped Jesus after being humiliated, we too must also empty ourselves of all of our own glory. We must forsake our egos and our pride, for God's glory flees from us when we are puffed up on pride. Only then can He come to us and make His abode within us.

Our Lord's mercy is so abundant that He interrupts His plans to seek us out. He longs for us and to be with us. He stands at the door of our hearts and knocks and whoever opens to Him this door, with that person will He come in and eat with Him.