Becoming a Singular, Sensational Church Words for 7th Sunday of Easter – 24 May 2020 – Parish of Felixstowe A Cyber Sermon from the Vicarage Text: …that they may be one, as we are one. (John 17v1) God give you peace my sisters and brothers. Please click here to watch a video of the song… Continue reading Becoming a Singular, Sensational Church
Popular conceptions of humility see the humble person as the one who is at the bottom of life’s pecking order. They can seem to have nothing when in fact ‘penniless they own the world’
‘Works a curse!’ It need not be if we decided instead of serving ourselves we use the sweat of our brow to serve others
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 24 Tuesday after 4th Sunday of Lent A Lenten Journey with the Rule of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis These Reflections which take the Rule of the Third Order as their springboard, were originally published in Lent 2012 are being republished during Easter… Continue reading Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 24
If we limit the voice of God to the words of the Bible we become deaf to God’s action in the world around us and cannot see God’s hand at work in the Scientist’s laboratory, the Doctor’s surgery, or the Politicians manifesto.
If we set out on a journey to hear the Voice of God one of the first steps must be to pick up the words God has spoken down the years to faithful people all over the world.
At a time when we are not allowed to travel, our common life has been diminished, and truth changes with the daily newspaper headlines, we need to discover once more what it means to know Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Lockdown, locked-up, or enfolded?
There are so many voices to confuse us yet if we shut them all out we are even more isolated.
What if we transformed this lockdown into the gift of being safely enfolded with the Good Shepherd when we can listen intently to His words of love and comfort.
The Rule of St Francis was revolutionary in that it took the words of Jesus seriously and they sought to live ‘sine proprio’ without possessions. We however live with them and must be careful how we use them for fear that they may use us.
There is a world of difference between heartburn and our hearts ‘burning’ within us.
One is to do with over-indulgence and greed, the other demands we get even more involved in the process of giving our lives and our hearts away
