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Saturday 14 October

Joel 4:12-21; Psalm 97; Luke 11:27-28 Blessedness Jesus deepens our understanding of blessedness. The mother of Jesus calls each of us to blessedness by both hearing the word of God, pondering this word in our hearts and then living this word with all that we are. Blessedness isn’t inherited but personally lived out amidst our […]

Monday 9 October

Jonah 1:1-2:1,11: Canticle: Jonah 2:2-9; Luke 10:25-37 Go and do likewise Our care for one another matters. This compassionate response to the other is practical, it is not abstract, but real and everyday support such as emptying the dishwasher or transporting the other to an appointment, all expressive of our love of God. We don't […]

Mary for Today Part 5

The World Mary Lived In Her Feet on the Ground: Sociology and archaeology have given us so much in recent years in reconstructing the life of a woman in first century Israel. There is real value in trying to understand the meaning of Mary as a particular person with her own life to compose, not […]