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Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Order out of chaos Luke 8: 26-39 So many demands on my time, so many people expecting so much of me… Life had just got too much, Lord. I was trying to be so many people all at the same time: husband – to my loyal wife, father – to my…
Meditation - 1st Sunday of Advent Year A
Meditation - 1st Sunday of Advent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday of Advent Year A Not “if”: “When?” Matthew 24: 36-44 Sometimes he must have wondered if he’d got it wrong! It seemed that no one shared his view of the future. Villagers would walk by and stop and point. They sniggered at him under their breath and then as…
Meditation - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C The great debate Luke 10: 25-37 He was an imposing man, a top expert on Jewish law, clearly very learned and very self assured, well-dressed with an air of confidence about him. Most people were in awe of Jesus, but not this man; he …
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - A Clothespin
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - A Clothespin
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
So many things can be prayer objects for us—little icons that we may use to recognize a deeper reality. One such simple household object is the clothespin. Two pieces of wood and a spring become a means to hold something fast. If we looked a little deeper we would recognize how w…
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1st Samuel 17: 32-49 Psalm 9: 9-20 2nd Corinthians 6: 1-13 Mark 4: 35-41 When we are faced with apparently insurmountable problems, as Christians we can have full confidence in our God and his saving grace; this is the clear message …
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 1st Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 “Put not your trust in princes” (Psalm 146:3). It is a well-known verse, and provides a warning not to rely on the wisdom of humans, however exalted. The psalm catalogues the…
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39 I used to be a “Jehovah’s Witness”. I was very familiar with Romans 6:7 because it was used as the basis for a particular doctrine. We were taught that anyone who had…
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8 There is a chain-reaction in our reading from Romans this week. In Paul’s letter, he tells us to rejoice in our sufferings (Romans 5:3). There are many reasons…
LWPT Meditations - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Roman 8: 26-39 It takes a lot of faith to believe and trust what Paul states in his letter to the Romans chapter 8 verse 28; “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”…
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Amos 8:1-12 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 We have almost forgotten that Christianity is a radical phenomenon. In the UK – even in our present pluralistic society – Church and State are closely linked. On national occasions we are …
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Advent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Advent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Advent, leading to Christmas, is a time of hope and expectation, and the lectionary readings reflect this. The Christmas story is included, of course; Matthew’s account, and Luke’s with the shepherds and the heavenly choir, together with a beautiful passage from Titus. It is not …
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Isaiah 5:1-7 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 When God wanted to warn his unfaithful people, he beguiled them into thinking they were about to hear a love song. “I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard” (Isaiah 5:1).…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Romans 12: 9-21 In chapter 12 of his letter to the Romans, Paul has reached an interesting and, I think, surprising point in his argument. Since chapter 1 he has been developing a statement regarding righteousness by faith, first of …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Psalm 79:1-9. 1st Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 God wants all people to be saved and to know the truth (1st Timothy 2:4). God alone has provided salvation “for all men”. He is the one God, and Jesus is “the one mediato…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 24thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Proverbs 1: 20-33 Psalm 19 James 3: 1-12 Mark 8: 27-38 They are some of the angriest words spoken by Jesus, and directed at a greatly loved and well-intentioned disciple; “Get behind me, Satan” (Mark 8 v 33)– almost the same words he…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Philippians 2: 1-13 Matthew 21: 23-32 We have a very high standard set before us in today’s readings; to have the same attitude as Christ Jesus (Philippians 2 v 5). Specifically, we are to “do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 25thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B James 5: 13-20 Mark 9: 38-50 I have never been in church when Proverbs 31 verses 10-31 were read. I imagine they would cause a riot in the average church today; the very idea of telling women to be housewives, much less good housewive…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B