Something I pray:
Lord,
Take me where
you want me to go,
Let me meet
who you want me to meet,
Tell me what
you want me to say,
And keep me out of your way.(Revd Mychal Judge OFM
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Being like the Elijah of the Canaanites
My deployment in Eversley continues – lovely to have a settled period of ministry, much as I enjoyed the peripatetic ministry of recent months. Today is 10th Sunday after Trinity and I felt the readings from Matthew 15:21-28 and Romans 11:1-2a … Continue reading
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Tagged Canaanite, Elijah, fulfillment, Gospel-Matthew, healing, Israelites, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Merchant of Venice, mercy, Romans, Shakespeare, St. Paul's Letters
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Prayers for #Remembrance Day based around a sonnet by Malcolm Guite
I have been asked to do the prayers for the Remembrance Day service in one church of the parish in which I have recently started a two month placement. In an effort to both step away from standard forms of … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, hope, intercessions, prayers, Remembrance, silence, The Holy Trinity
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Are we like Legion? Luke 8:26-39
Today was my first Sunday covering services the North Hampshire Downs Benefice, and specifically a Family Communion service in the parish of Upton Grey. I really should have photographed the glorious view from the church porch (complete with circling Red … Continue reading
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Tagged dehumanised, Gospel-Luke, healing, Legion, North Hampshire Downs, Orlando, St. Mary's Upton Grey
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Luke 4:14-21 Fasten your eyes on Jesus
“The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Jesus.” It was 1981. We were on holiday & my Dad was buying ice-cream at a rather nice village shop at the back gates to Balmoral. As we waited, a … Continue reading
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Tagged change, freedom, Gospel-Luke, healing, justice, media, St Mary's Old Basing & Lychpit
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Does loneliness still cause the greatest pain to ‘The Wounded Healer’?
I’ve just finished reading Henri Nouwen‘s ‘The Wounded Healer’ (in an updated form of the 1972 original) as part of background reading for my ‘Pastoral Care’ module. Throughout this little classic, Nouwen identifies closely with the suffering and particularly loneliness … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Busy, Good Friday, healing, hospitality, Lent, Loneliness, Nouwen, Passiontide, Pastoral Care, Wounded Healer
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