Tag Archive for ‘humility’
BLESS ME FATHER, FOR I’M A GOOD BLOKE
DOES anyone else share this problem? Often, when I do the right thing – as opposed to what I would much rather do – I am very conscious of my behaviour. Worse, the awareness will frequently revisit me. I would prefer, and indeed I have petitioned my Maker in this regard, to be unconscious of […]
Sunday 2 December
First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16, Ps 25, 1 Thessalonians 3:12 – 4:2, Luke 21:25-28.34-36 Increasing our love Advent fixes our attention on the coming of Christ. We live between his two comings – the first in humility and weakness at Bethlehem and his second in majesty and power at the end of time. Jewish […]
Saturday 3 November
p class=”Reflection-Heading”>ST MARTIN DE PORRES Philippians 1:18-26, Ps.42, Luke 14:1, 7-11 Humility Today we celebrate the life of the Peruvian saint, Martin de Porres. He lived over 400 years ago but experienced firsthand the problems we have today – of racism, poverty and social injustice. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and […]
Getting a Handle on Things
I’ve just spent a week in the Marlborough Sounds with my old yachting mate, Pat, at his bach. Nothing much to do. Nothing much we can do. He’s 91 and I’m 81. So I have all the time in the world to do some serious thinking to get a better handle on things, with the […]
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