This week, our 10 minute service reflects on John 8:31-32.
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Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 8th September 2024. Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 35 v4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2 v1-17; Mark 7 v24-37. Compassion and Faith. In the passage from Mark’s gospel we read that Jesus had travelled from Galilee towards the Mediterranean Sea and was staying near the town of Tyre in Phoenicia,…
This weeks 10 minute service reflects on Isaiah 16:28 – See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone.
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 1st September 2024. Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 4 v1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1 v17-27; Mark 7 v1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Listen and Obey! “God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey and don’t just hear and forget.” (James 1 v25b). The theme of…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on revelation 4:8.
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary time Year B 25th August 2024. Lectionary readings: Joshua 24 v1-2a, 14-18; Psalm 34 v15-22; Ephesians 6 v10-20; John 6 v56-69. Eternal Life and Salvation In the reading from John’s gospel, Simon Peter says “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life.…
The Prayer Handbook points out that today is kept, in the Catholic Church particularly, as the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the day when the mother of Jesus ‘fell asleep’ and of her bodily assumption into heaven. That language is outside my comfort zone and for years would have deterred me from…
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 18th August 2024. Lectionary Readings: Proverbs 9 v1-6; Psalm 34 v9-14; Ephesians 5 v15-20; John 6 v51-58. ‘Life giving bread’ Jesus said “I am the bread that gives life!” (John 6 v48). Jesus offers us food for our hearts, our minds, and our souls. “Everyone who eats…
In the Ipswich Round this week the Climate Action Group’s tip for ways to be green says, “Plant wild flower seeds. Not only will you enjoy the flowers, you can also enjoy a wider variety of wildlife enjoying them too.” I was watching the news last week and there was an article about using dogs…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 11th August 2024. Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 19 v4-8; Psalm 34 v1-8; Ephesians 4 v25-5v2; John 6 v35, 41-51. Living with fear, despair and doubt. In order to understand the depth of Elijah’s despair recorded in today’s Old Testament reading, we need to recap on the story so…