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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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Continue reading →: TransformedColossians 3:1-11 In today’s reading from Colossians, Paul is telling us that because we have been raised with Christ, then we also have a new life in Christ. We’re not to seek the things of the earth, but to set our minds on the things that are above, and we’re…
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Continue reading →: It were my soul’s desireThe Breviary is a liturgical book, the contents of which are derived from the early ages of Christianity, consisting of psalms, Scripture lessons, writings of the Church Fathers as well as hymns and prayers. It is used when following the canonical hours of prayer, called the Divine Office or the…
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Continue reading →: Each day your spirit is with us… a prayer of praise.Worship services at our church usually get going with a strong prayer of praise. It puts us into the right mindset for worship because we’re instantly faced with the greatness of God and our total dependence on him. It engenders humility and openness, a perfect combination for believers to immerse…
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Continue reading →: Here I am, send me!Lk 10:1-11, 16-20 In the Gospel reading from Luke we hear about how Jesus sent out a group of seventy of his disciples to preach the Good News. It’s called the Great Commission and this story has influenced many people in history, most notably, a young man who lived around…
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