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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Be heroes of hope – Matthew 9:35-10:8 and Romans 5:1-8
Today has been the last time for the foreseeable future in which I will support the North Hampshire Downs Benefice before my deployment to Eversley. All ‘lasts’ are tough, but after a week visiting the battlefields of Flanders to a … Continue reading
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Tagged equality, Flanders, Gospel-Matthew, hope, hosting, isolation, peace, reconciliation, Romans, social deprivation, 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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Reflection on Mary of Magdala (John 20)
Presiding in celebration of a Saint for the first time today, so needed to come up with some reflections on St. Mary Magdalene: Mary of Magdala, Mary Magdalene. The woman we remember today has had so much imposed upon her … Continue reading
“Grace is in the fighting” Rachel Mann’s ‘Dazzling Darkness’ (book review)
Rachel Mann‘s book ‘Dazzling Darkness’ (Wild Goose Publications) should be required reading for all trainee pillocks…, sorry, those currently engaged in ordination training, “One has to be a pillock to want to be a priest” is just one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, books, gender, grace, hope, ordinand, salvation, sexuality
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