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Meditation - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C More than life itself? Luke 14: 25-33 Hello Jesus: I’m sorry for coming to you so late at night, but it’s the only time I seem to be able to talk to you. I was in that great crowd today, following you around. I don’t suppose you noti…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Closing
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Closing
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
God is a word we use, and we think we know what it means. But, in truth, God is always far beyond our understanding. We can only know God by unknowing. We can only offer our willingness and our wonder. This kind of constant and open inquiry is an intense intimacy through which we…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - A Stone
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - A Stone
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
We pick up shells and stones on the beach because something about them is pleasing. We leave them on our shelves and windowsills to touch now and then and to enjoy again. But to make something a real presence in our lives we must use it often and get to know it intimately. Many p…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Care of Things
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Care of Things
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
The things we use daily serve our needs, and we in turn must take care of them. When such care is not haphazard, not just getting through chores, but becomes a way to pay attention, we may find we live with things that grow to be luminous for us. From daily use they become full o…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Receiving Nature
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Receiving Nature
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
Under every stone and in every stump we can find burgeoning life. Tiny life swims in a thimble full of water. With eyes that can see, there is unstoppable life in every nook and cranny. God’s joy is expressed in such variety that not even one snowflake will be exactly like anothe…
LENT MEDITATION 4 - Come on, my partners in distress
LENT MEDITATION 4 - Come on, my partners in distress
by Andrew Pratt
LENT HYMN MEDITATION 4 - Based on the Hymn 'Come on, my partners in distress' by Charles Wesley. From the book 'Inextinguishable Blaze' also by Andrew Pratt - Click Here Extract: Sometimes life is boring. We just feel as though we are going on and on with no purpose. Day follows …
LENT MEDITATION 1 - Pray, without ceasing pray,
LENT MEDITATION 1 - Pray, without ceasing pray,
by Andrew Pratt
LENT MEDITATION 1 Based on a Hymn by Charles Wesley -' Pray, without ceasing pray,' From the book 'Inextinguishable Blaze' also by Andrew Pratt - Click Here Extract: One of my favourite times of year is Lent. Don't get me wrong. I'm not one who gives up a lot in Lent. I was tak…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Easter Day Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Easter Day Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Easter Day - Year A Meditation on Matthew 28: 1-10 Gaze as the women come over the brow of the hill. In the early morning shadows, everything looks bland and blank, bleached of colour. Smell the dewy earth, feel the hem of their skirts damp and smeared with dust. The rocky hillsi…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Palm Sunday Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Palm Sunday Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Palm Sunday - Year A The Liturgy of the Palms Meditation on Matthew 21: 1-11 Gaze on the old city of Jerusalem, the narrow lanes choked with shoppers and craftsmen and crowded with pilgrims. Walk past the noisy blacksmiths’ quarter, and wander through the district where they dye …
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Trinity Sunday Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Trinity Sunday Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Trinity Sunday- Year A Meditation on Matthew 28: 16-20 Gaze for the last time on Jesus, for this is his final appearance in Matthew’s Gospel, and the ending is sudden. No protracted goodbye is allowed for the disciples. There is no description of how they met him on the mountain …
Meditation of a grandparent in a war zone
Meditation of a grandparent in a war zone
by Josephine M Smith
MEDITATION OF A GRANDPARENT IN A WAR TORN LAND I should be able to relax a little at my age. My children are grown up, happily married and with children of their own. Instead I live in a constant state of fear. The bombardment is relentless. A constant blast of missiles all aroun…
Two Sons