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Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B My Son, my son 2 Samuel 18: 33 Ephesians 5: 1-2 John 6: 51 David went up to his room and burst into tears. “My son, my son; if only I could have died instead of you! I told them to be kind to you I told them not to harm you. They did…
The Act of Prayer Year C - Baptism of Christ Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Baptism of Christ Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Baptism of Christ Year C Opening prayer We sometimes forget that the Jesus whose birth we celebrated at Christmas spent many years growing up in a small Jewish family. He would grow wiser and stronger, learning a trade, waiting for his moment, waiting for the pieces of the bigger…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The sacrificial, saving victim
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The sacrificial, saving victim
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The sacrificial, saving victim The Passion, Luke 22—23 In Luke’s Passion narrative, Jesus becomes passive, like Mark’s lion being tied up and muzzled, or Matthew’s Teacher refusing to call up legions of angels. Here the reason is divine necessity: ‘it is necessary’ (dei) appears …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - An Explanation is called for
Acts for Everyone part 1 - An Explanation is called for
by SPCK - N T Wright
An Explanation is Called for Acts 3.11-16 ‘How did you do that?’ I stood beside the car as it spluttered into life. I had fiddled and jiggled with everything I could, and hadn’t been able to make it start. (This, I should say, was a long time ago, in the days when you could poke …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Here Comes the Power
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Here Comes the Power
by SPCK - N T Wright
Here Comes the Power Acts 2. 1-4 Sometimes a name, belonging to one particular person, becomes so attached to a particular object or product that we forget where it originally came from. The obvious example is ‘Hoover’: in England at least we speak of ‘the Hoover’ when we mean ‘t…
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