Posted: 02 October 2020
Today’s Gospel is Luke 10: 17 - 24 The disciples come back rejoicing in their mission success and return to the congratulations of Jesus.
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Posted: 01 October 2020
Today’s Gospel is Luke 10: 13 - 16 As we read it we wonder what it must have felt like to the apostles to have heard their home towns condemned fairly brutally.
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Posted: 30 September 2020
The commission that we’ve been waiting for in some form - Jesus sends the disciples out in pairs on the mission. They are to be missionary disciples. They are to go to all those places that he himself wants to visit. They are pathfinders.
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Posted: 29 September 2020
Today’s Gospel is Luke: 9: 57 - 62 Having set his face towards Jerusalem, Jesus needs companions who have that same capacity.
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Posted: 28 September 2020
Jesus is having to make the difficult decision to walk towards Jerusalem - he has to be resolute; he has to ‘set his face’ - but there are a couple of obstacles.
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Posted: 27 September 2020
What is prayer like for you? Could it be a time of exploration and discovery? Following on from yesterday, is it a time for listening and hearing?
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Posted: 26 September 2020
As I indicated in yesterday’s newsletter, the starting point of any retreat is the willingness to give time. The second is to ask for the grace of being able to listen - to listen to oneself, to others for sure and there begin to listen to God speaking to us.
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Posted: 24 September 2020
As it’s getting a little cooler these days, there’s a temptation to put the fire on or turn up the central heating - we have to do it to stay warm, of course
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Posted: 23 September 2020
Good morning - getting cooler and darker for sure. Thank you for thinking about Cafod’s Harvest Fast Day
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Posted: 22 September 2020
As we saw yesterday, Cafod’s Harvest Fast Day is coming up and I know they are depending on support from parishes especially in these times of the pandemic which has hit countries across the world far more so than ours.
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Posted: 21 September 2020
What news! It’s a solid reminder to all os to keep safe for our own sake and for the sake of the people we care for. Please.
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Posted: 20 September 2020
Today is the Feast of St Matthew for whom I have a special affection being the title of my old parish where I grew up and from which I was ordained.
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