Tag Archive for ‘burdens’
Sunday 7 September
twentythird week in ordinary time Eziekiel 33:7-9; Psalm 95; Romans 13:8-10;Matt 18: 5-20 Instant Decalogue St Paul makes the point that all God’s Ten Commandments are contained in Our Lord’s single Commandment to love one another. Elsewhere the Apostle lays out some of the implications of this nutshell version of the Decalogue. We are to […]
Sunday 6 July
Fourteenth sunday in ordinary time Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9-13;Ps 145; Matthew 11:25-30 Encouragement “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for […]
Heavy Burdens
I think most of us carry secret burdens which weigh down our spiritual lives. It may be a barrier of resentment stopping forgiveness for a past wrong… a continuing remorse for some past sin… a recurring shame over some embarrassing incident of long ago… a weight of self judgement that crushes our self […]
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