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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…
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Third Isaiah
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Third Isaiah
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Third Isaiah The last eleven chapters, set in Jerusalem after the return from exile, further Zion’s story while developing a variety of themes from previous chapters. Not only does personified Zion continue, but other themes of interest, such as inclusion and justice, both human …
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithless Wife
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithless Wife
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God as a Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithless Wife (Hosea 1-3) In Hosea 1:2, YHWH commands Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a promiscuous wife and bear children of promiscuity, for the land fornicates away from YHWH” (my trans.). Hosea then marries Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, a…
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation
by Andrew Pratt
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation, we lose track of honesty, twist what is true; we grasp at each fortune that fate will present us, calling corruption constructive and new. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ST CATHERINE’S COURT Metre: 12.11.12.11 Andrew Pratt (born 1948…
When ever disaster brings death and destruction
When ever disaster brings death and destruction
by Andrew Pratt
When ever disaster brings death and destruction, when people are suff'ring and questions arise, we should not assume some divine retribution condemning the people that we might despise. God's judgement is subtle, each person is counted, each one is significant, folded in grace. G…
All-age story/monologue: Esther
All-age story/monologue: Esther
by Marjorie Dobson
All-age story/monologue: Esther Esther had just had the scariest day of her life. Esther lived a long time ago and she was a queen and she was the king’s favourite. But Esther had a secret that the king didn’t know and that secret could have got her into a lot of trouble. Althoug…
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