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Friday 19 December

Judges 13:2-7,24-25, Psalm 71, Luke 1:5-25 God’s gift The miracle of a child. In both readings God/Jehovah heard the prayers of childless women. Their infertility had been their humiliation. So their joy is overwhelming when they each conceive sons. Think of the extraordinary efforts that today’s women make to get pregnant. All the riches of […]

I’ve struggled with Advent in recent years

I’ve struggled with Advent in recent years. It makes me sad. All this preparing and waiting for the birth of a baby at Christmas is painful when in your own life you are trying desperately to come to terms with the heartache of infertility. No baby is coming for me and my husband. So, these […]