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Continue reading →: Make straight the highwayMatt 3:13-17 Today’s Gospel reading is all about Jesus’ baptism on the Jordan river. So I started unpacking the topic of baptism, and the more I looked into it I found out that baptism is not a simple thing. And so I looked for a focus, a package in which…
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Continue reading →: A prayer for an end to terrorismThis prayer is based on a prayer by Pope Francis for peace and for an end to violence and terrorism that Pope Francis delivered in the Church of St. Francis on the 31st of July, 2016. It is so needed today as the world reels from the brutal killing by…
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Continue reading →: Perfect PeaceMatthew 5:38-48 We’re heading towards Christmas when we celebrate the arrival into the world of the only perfect human that has ever existed, and in today’s reading, Jesus tells us to be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect. And I’m sure when we hear this we think… Wow! That’s…
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Continue reading →: Hope in JeremiahJer 31:31-34 Over the past weeks, most of our Old Testament readings have been from the book of Jeremiah. As we’ve heard, the book of Jeremiah is full of gloom and doom and it condemns the people of Judah for the things they’ve been doing wrong. It foreshadows the destruction…
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Continue reading →: Serving JesusLk 17:5-10 In today’s reading from Luke, the Apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith, and you’d be thinking, well, that’s a fair enough request. But Jesus answered, ‘If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in…
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Continue reading →: Proclaiming JesusOpen my lips, Lord, and my mouth will proclaim your praise. Psalm 51 It is a very difficult thing to stand up for what you believe in and to proclaim that you follow Jesus. We live in a highly secular world where belief and trust in a higher power is…
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Continue reading →: Night PrayersSave us Lord while we are awake, protect us while we sleep,that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace. Before we close our eyes to sleep, the night prayer allows us to review our day and settle our hearts. In our ancient past, the night…
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Continue reading →: The Lost SheepLuke 15:1-10 In today’s reading from Luke, we hear the parable of the lost sheep. It’s about losing, seeking and finding, and it’s also about joy. We know I’m sure what it feels like to lose something precious to us. And we know what it feels like to be lost.…
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Continue reading →: The importance of ChurchA man asked a cleric: “If God is everywhere, why do I go to Church?”The cleric replied: “The whole atmosphere is filled with water; but when you want to drink you have to go to a fountain or a well.” In modern times it is easy to make excuses for…
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Continue reading →: The strength of all our living daysLord God and Maker of all Things is beautiful hymn that was composed by the Benedictine Nuns of the Conventus of Our Lady of Consolation in Stanbrook Abbey in north Yorkshire. It has become a part of the LIturgy of the Hours, to be read or sung during the Midday…
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