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Life, Death and Protests

The other day I walked down to the centre of the city from the Messenger office. My route took me past Parliament. It so happened – unbeknown to me – there was a cavalcade of vehicles gathering there – it was the so called ‘anti-mandate’ convoy and protest. I spotted banners against the use of […]

Saturday 1 July

TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 18:1–15; Magnificat, Luke 1:46 – 55; Matthew 8:5–17 Jesus’ healing ministry Matthew 8–9 tells of nine miracles. Jesus’ compassionate ministry of healing fulfils the burden-bearing role of the Servant of Isaiah 53:4: ‘He takes our infirmities and bore our diseases.’ Jesus heals the Gentile centurion’s servant from a distance […]