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Jesus tug at my heart

It can seem at this of year that we are waiting, always waiting …waiting in queues, waiting for holidays, waiting for people to come home, waiting for time to do all the preparations, waiting for time to make that phone call, waiting to get all the work cleared up, but above all waiting for Jesus to arrive! Today I looked ...

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Thanksgiving for all

Thanksgiving for all

Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 23, 2023.  Thanksgiving has been celebrated independently by colonies and states for more than 200 years.  However, in 1941, Thanksgiving was established as a federal holiday held on the fourth Thursday of November.  The first Thanksgiving celebration is believed to have occurred in 1621. The story, historically told from the pilgrim’s perspective, is that Plymouth colonists from ...

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The seed germinates

As this phase of the Synod on the future of the Church comes to a close on Sunday, 29th October, and the delegates prepare to return home, Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP, offered the following spiritual reflection on Tuesday 24th October, entitled:  ‘The seed germinates.’ This is a very apt and beautiful meditation that we too, as Church, can live together. ...

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At home in God, God at home in Us

At home in God

On Sunday morning, October 1, Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Radcliffe’s gave a second meditation for those who would participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October.  This meditation focused on the theme “At home in God and God at home in us”. See ...

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Hoping against hope

Hoping against hope

On Sunday morning (1 October 2023), Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Radcliffe, reflected on the meaning of Hoping against hope with those who will participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October. This rather unique and special opportunity to share in this reflective and prayer-filled ...

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Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth

The International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more.  This year’s theme is Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals. It is a call ...

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Resting in God

Resting in God

It is summer time both inside and outside of us.  A time of possibility.  An opportunity for the rhythm of our whole being to change.  A time to seek for rest.  Time maybe to discover and rediscover in these summer days how to rest in God who is indeed our rest, our locus of departure and our point of arrival. ...

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Do not turn your face away

Do not turn your face away

On the 13th June (Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Patron of the Poor) Pope Francis published his Message for the 7th Annual World Day of the Poor, on Sunday 19th November, 2023.  The theme for this year’s Message is:  “Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tob 4:7)  This Message is a reflection on the Book of ...

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A love without measure

A love without measure

The image of a heart has a resonance with everyone – young and old alike.  Poetically, and cross-culturally in the contemporary world of today the heart is a symbol of the human centre — our emotions, loves, passions, desires, a source and engine for life-giving actions. The heart has the capacity and potential to open us to care for all ...

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Love Was His Meaning

Love Was His Meaning

Julian of Norwich was an English anchoress of the Middle Ages who received a series of visions or “shewings” of the Passion of Christ in 1373. Her writings on the subject, now known as the Revelations of Divine Love, are thought to be the earliest surviving English-language works by a woman. Pope Francis sent a message on Friday 12 May, ...

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