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glimpses of glory - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year C
glimpses of glory - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
The Third Sunday of Epiphany Lord as you have called us to share in your outreach of your love to the world, fill us with the power of your Spirit, that, in your strength and by your guidance, we may lead others to be aware of you, and live to your praise and glory, through Jesus…
The Act of Prayer Year B - First Sunday of Christmas Year B
The Act of Prayer Year B - First Sunday of Christmas Year B
by BRF - John Birch
First Sunday of Christmas Year B Opening prayer We join with creation and the angels above in praising our maker and redeemer for the wonders around us, the glory of his grace, and the Christ-child, born in a stable who is salvation for all people upon earth…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 216
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 216
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Everything Has Its Time
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Everything Has Its Time
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Everything Has Its Time Relatively early in the Vietnam War, folk singer Pete Seeger wrote a song called “Turn! Turn! Turn!” with the closing line, “I swear it’s not too late.” Everything else in the song comes from the poem in Ecclesiastes 3, lightly rearranged. In the 1960s, wh…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 218
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 218
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
journeying with John - 7 Pentecost He breathed on them
journeying with John - 7 Pentecost He breathed on them
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
7 Pentecost He breathed on them As we have noted on more than one occasion, the equivalent of the Acts account of Pentecost occurs in John’s Gospel in 20.19 –23. So far in this book we taken the resurrection passages out of order because of the way the Christian year falls…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 20 Stability of Heart
The Monastery Of The Heart - 20 Stability of Heart
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Stability of Heart “Do not… run away from the road that leads to salvation.” The will of God in life does not come in straight lines, or clear signs, or certain choices… Taken from The Monastery Of The Heart by Joan Chittister
Great Christian Thinkers - 2 St. Ignatius of Antioch
Great Christian Thinkers - 2 St. Ignatius of Antioch
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Ignatius of Antioch Saint Ignatius was the third bishop of Antioch, from 70 to 107, the date of his martyrdom. At that time, Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch were the three great metropolises of the Roman Empire… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Great Christian Thinkers - 24 St. Paulinus of Nola
Great Christian Thinkers - 24 St. Paulinus of Nola
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Paulinus of Nola The Father of the Church to whom we turn our attention now is St. Paulinus of Nola. Paulinus, a contemporary of St. Augustine to whom he was bound by a firm friendship, exercised his ministry at Nola in Campania, where he was a monk and later a priest and a b…
Great Christian Thinkers - 38 Germanus of Constantinople
Great Christian Thinkers - 38 Germanus of Constantinople
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Germanus of Constantinople Patriarch Germanus of Constantinople does not belong among the most representative figures of the Greek-speaking world of Eastern Christianity. Yet his name appears with a certain solemnity in the list of the great champions of sacred images drafted by …
Great Christian Thinkers - 54 John of Salisbury
Great Christian Thinkers - 54 John of Salisbury
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
John of Salisbury We shall become acquainted here with John of Salisbury, who belonged to one of the most important schools of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages, that of the Cathedral of Chartres in France. Like the theologians of whom I have spoken in the past few chapt…
Great Christian Thinkers - 60 St. Bonaventure