Always
The point of prayer is not the sort or type of prayer.
The point of prayer is the fact of prayer. God does not measure our prayers by their wordiness, orthodoxy or chance of success but simply by them being made
Category: Religious Life
With a Song in my Heart – Day 30
If we are not careful our journey of faith can be about routine instead of following the call of God, ritual instead of action. Each of us needs to learn that we are called by God not so that we might be comfortable but so that we may go and proclaim the love shown to us by God in word and deed to others
With a Song in my Heart – Day 14
Because faith is such a personal and intimate experience and we cherish our own ways of worship it is all to easy to belittle the worship of others. We are required to be humble and diligent in prayer rather than ‘holier than thou’
Do I Aftu?
Do I Aftu? Words for the Sixth Sunday of Easter – 9 May 2021 – A cyber sermon from the Vicarage Text: ‘If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these things to you so that my… Continue reading Do I Aftu?
Keeping Schtum
Sometimes we need to keep quiet so that we can hear better and act louder
He’s Not the Messiah
It is a commonplace that ‘the Medium is the Message’ but in the business of proclaiming the Good News history is littered with messengers become Message and so failing to proclaim the Word they came to serve.
Calling Names
Calling Names Words for 1st Sunday after Trinity – 14 June 2020 – Parish of Felixstowe A Cyber Sermon from the Vicarage Text: Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. (Matthew 10v1) God give you peace my sisters… Continue reading Calling Names
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ- Easter Day
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ- Easter Day 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 2020 as a way of deepening our… Continue reading Walking in the Footsteps of Christ- Easter Day
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 40
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 40 Holy Saturday 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 2020 as a way… Continue reading Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 40
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 39
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 39 Good Friday 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 2020 as a way… Continue reading Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 39
Suffolk Vicar 