Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 26
The Shorter Catechism tells us that the ‘chief end of man is to love God and enjoy him for ever’. Learning to do all things for love and with joy will transform the world.
Category: Lent
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 25
‘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
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
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 23
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.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 22
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.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 21
If God knows everything what is the point of making our confession? Surely the public act of confession in our worship and the private telling our sins to a priest is redundant?
A time of ‘fessing up’, whichever way we are called to do it, is a time of self-discovery and an opportunity to know again how much God loves us.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 20
It is never the amount of prayer that is important, though if you have more time to pray use it, it is ensuring that time for prayer however short, is set aside.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 18
If we do not pray we have no food for the journey, no strength for the service and no courage to help endure the sacrifice.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 17
In a time when, for a season, we can’t enter our churches, the call to ‘pray without ceasing’ reminds us that prayer is not only about holy words in holy places but a yielding of our whole life to the One Who Loves us Best
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 16
There are so many calls on our life and finding a good balance is difficult. As our pilgrimage continues we will need to emphasise some activities over others, but in so doing we must careful to not neglect any of the good things which help our journey homeward.
Suffolk Vicar 