Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

Meditation – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A
Psalm 119; 105-112
Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23
Romans 8: 1-11

When I was a child I read a very exciting mediaeval adventure story called “The Woods of Windri” by Violet Needham. The main protagonists were a girl called Magdalen, and a slightly older boy called Theodore. Magdalen had the daily task of learning a Psalm in Latin, and Theodore used to help her. One of the passages began with the words “Lucerna pedibus meis” - a lantern unto my feet; the children later used the phrase as a password, and when Theodore was lost and in danger in the forest, it became his prayer. As you have probably gathered, the words made a huge impression on me...

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