Being and Doing – 8 March – Evil of Melancholy
WE should not sadden the harmless mirth of others by suffering our own melancholy to be seen
Author: Andrew The Dotty Rev
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 12
If we do not recognise the ‘law of undulation’ at work within us then at the very least we will drift away from a faith which has become over-dependant on emotional ‘highs’ instead of grounded in spiritual reality.
Being and Doing – 7 March – Peace
FIRST, keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to make peace among others.
Stations of Creation
This file contains 12 ‘Stations of Creation’, based on the Canticle of the Creatures’ which are offered as a free gift to all those who want to spend time in prayer and praise at the generous gifts of God we meat each day through Brother Sun and Sister Moon
Creation and the Eucharist
This blog contains a liturgy which contains both an appreciation of the Creation (taken from the Stations of Creation first formalise by Colin Wilfred SSF) and a Eucharist with a Franciscan theme.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 11
Holding a position different to another is not of itself sinful – but demonising our opponent most definitely is! Being passionate about something which stirs our heart can be godly – but using our ‘righteousness’ to destroy another is truly the work of the devil.
Being and Doing – 6 March – Peace
We ask Thy peace, oh Lord!
Through storm, and fear, and strife,
To light and guide us on
Through a long struggling life;
Being and Doing – 5 March – Humility
the rescue of a soul from foolish pride must be not by a depreciation of present attainment, but by opening more and more the vastness of the future possibility
Being and Doing – 4 March – Humility
He that is down need fear no fall,
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.”
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 10
… to see the face of Christ in the pout of the fractious child or the groans of the awkward aunt is, for me, a different matter altogether. However, just because I can’t see Jesus in a particular place or person has never meant that He is not there.
