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POPE FRANCIS
BLESSED BE THE GOD OF SURPRISES. May it be that all “men and women of goodwill” pray for and send blessing for Pope Francis, just as he has asked. And for Archbishop Justin of Canterbury, too, as both...
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WONDER
WHAT A MARVELLOUS and extraordinary week! Tomorrow will be the 41st Anniversary of my Confirmation on St Patrick’s Day in 1972. On that day, and on the day I was ordained Deacon ten years later, the...
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I SEE YOU
ALMIGHTY GOD, shepherd of souls, we pray for Francis chosen to be Pope, and for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury: Guide them by your Spirit, give them grace to lead people in prayer and zeal and to...
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TENDERNESS
PRAYERS for Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin, the Church and the World, offered in Bramhall Parish Church by Ann Combes here (audio mp4) Here I would add one more thing: caring, protecting, demands...
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COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL
please click image for audio file HOMILY ON ST CUTHBERT’S DAY – Safe in the hand of God, Come out of your shell … (Audio mp4)
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GLORIOUS THINGS SPOKEN
GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN, O Lord our God; not least this week in St Peter’s Square in Rome, and in the Cathedral Church of Christ in Canterbury. Pour out most abundant blessing, we pray,...
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A VISION OF PEACE
NEW BEGINNINGS – for Pope Francis and the world’s Roman Catholic Christians; for Archbishop Justin and millions of Anglicans; for children, women and men of goodwill all over the world; for Noah Eric,...
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HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2013
The Order for Maundy Thursday at 8pm is here Good Friday “7 Words from the Cross” from 12-3pm here The Order for Holy Saturday 30th March 2013 at 8pm is here Easter Sunday 31st March 2013 at 8 &...
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7 WORDS FROM THE CROSS
First Address - audio mp4 Father, forgive them for they know not what they do – Luke 23.32-38 When I survey the wondrous Cross Second Address - audio mp4 Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise – Luke...
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CONFLICT TRANSFORMED
Letter for Bramhall, April 2013 ARCHBISHOP JUSTIN BLOGS here Here’s a recent paragraph from his blog about the work of reconciliation: The journey of transforming conflict is a long and hard one (by...
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THE COMPASSION QUEST
TRYSTAN OWAIN HUGHES opens chapter 3 of his The Compassion Quest with this exquisite quote from Rilke Only one space extends Through all beings: innerworldspace. Silently, the birds fly within us. and...
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ANOTHER VOICE
WILD AND HOWLING winds swirling around the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield made for a reflective, elemental sort of a night. I’m a bit ambivalent about strong wind generally, on the one hand...
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VOICE RECOGNITION
please click image for order with readings OUR COLLECT TODAY asks that we “sheep” may hear God’s voice and respond to its call so that all may be gathered into one flock. Yesterday in Cumbria I heard...
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ON £1 A DAY
THE CHALLENGE Jesus of Nazareth sets before his followers - to “love one another” has a particular resonance to it for any and all who have an eye or ears for current world news reporting – of...
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