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Still Caring - Finding your peace
Still Caring - Finding your peace
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
15 Finding your peace If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. (Romans 12.18) Not all residents of care homes are loved ones. Old age, dementia and dependency do not suddenly transform people into loving dads mothers or husbands/wives. And inst…
Still Caring - Once more on the roller coaster
Still Caring - Once more on the roller coaster
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
27 Once more on the roller coaster I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . . I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4.12b, 13) Today’s changeable weather – sunshine then showers then more sunshine – has mirrored our day…
Still Caring - No more Lone Ranger
Still Caring - No more Lone Ranger
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
25 No more Lone Ranger Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Hebrews 13.16) Friday is the day when I visit and take my husband out for the day. But I won’t be doing that today. Some of his family have come on holiday for a we…
Still Caring - Talk to me!
Still Caring - Talk to me!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
17 Talk to me! The tongue is a small part of the body . . . but no human being can tame the tongue. (James 3.5a, 8a) When it was just the two of you, you did everything. Now, that caring is being done by other people, and there is a temptation to think that they won’t do it as we…
Lectio Divina - Challenges during lectio divina
Lectio Divina - Challenges during lectio divina
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Challenges during lectio divina There is no doubt that this primacy of holiness and prayer is inconceivable without a renewed listening to the word of God . . . It is especially necessary that listening to the word of God should become a life-giving encounter, in the ancient and …
Lectio Divina - The whole Bible as a unity
Lectio Divina - The whole Bible as a unity
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
The whole Bible as a unity The attitude of ‘hearing the word of God with reverence’ (Dei Verbum 1), which we express by interpreting Scripture with its divine authorship in mind, also involves paying attention to the ‘unity of the whole of Scripture’ (DV 12). Only the unity of th…
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – First Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 There are different faces of God revealed in today’s readings, and in Matthew’s gospel the three persons of the Trinity come together at the baptism of Jesus, as his ministry beg…
Rainbow Cross PPT
Rainbow Cross PPT
by Marjorie Dobson
A meditation for Lent/Easter/Good Friday contrasting the bleak darkness of the cross with the rainbow joy of Easter morning. The PowerPoint is set to move slides automatically and is suited to having background music being played. You can amend or remove the automatic timers by …
The Things He Carried - 6. The Sins of the World
The Things He Carried - 6. The Sins of the World
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
THE THINGS HE CARRIED 6. The Sins of the World He carried the sins of the world. He carried the harsh words that I reserve for those I love most. He carried the bruising resentfulness of my pride. He carried every one of the petty excuses that I use to defend myself. He carried t…
Lectio Divina - The room and the keys
Lectio Divina - The room and the keys
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
The room and the keys The Hebrew has passed on a beautiful tradition to us; it has to do with divine Scripture in its entirety. According to this man, all of divinely inspired Scripture, because of the obscurity that is in it, can be compared to many locked rooms in a house. Next…
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Not so Naïve, now John 13: 31-35 I told Jesus I loved him. I said I would follow him wherever he went. I even said I was prepared to die for him. ‘Die for me?’ he said, ‘Before the cock crows you’ll have denied even knowing me!’... Created…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Lent Year C