A Prayer for the Third Sunday of Advent Joy-filled Giver of Life, let the anticipation of your birth fill us with overflowing joy. May our excitement and anticipation be a sign to the world that you are always near. Amen This is Advent, the season of preparation. The shops are full of gifts that we might give or receive. Streets are decorated and choirs are
A wise man once wrote ‘I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand but in what direction we are moving’. The direction is all important; the direction beyond. In St Luke’s Gospel Chapter 7:12 Jesus stands near the gate of the town. Gates are significant in our lives; closed, computerized; open. They clarify our boundaries for others and
The Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a celebration of the Eucharist, focusing on the real presence of Christ in the bread and wine, now the Body and Blood of Christ. This feast day invites reflection on the gift of the Eucharist, its significance in the Christian faith, and the call to
June 15, 2025 This Sunday, we acknowledge that God reveals himself to us in his relationship with the Son and the Holy Spirit. This feast of the Holy Trinity invites us into this divine relationship with God, whose love will never let us go. Just as at Jesus’ birth, God is with us. The readings of today’s feast of the most holy Trinity reveal the
Raindrops collected from a roof into a barrel are small things, yet so numerous they fill the barrel. In the same way, it is good to collect all the little gestures, remarks, tasks and say ‘Lord, these are all for You.’ It takes many grapes to make a bottle of wine. Each grape is a small thing, yet it makes its contribution, it adds to
On the day of the harvest the straw is set aside, the chaff is blown away by the wind, and the weeds are consigned to the flames. But the wheat, like sacks of gold, Is gathered into the barn. Lord, on the day of death, the harvest of my life will be poured out before you, wheat and chaff and weeds together. Let your wise
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