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Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina

There is one particular way of listening to what the Lord wishes to tell us. We call it Lectio Divina

just be perfect

just be perfect

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

in recovery

in recovery

This realisation is precisely what it means to live in right relationship with God and with self.

God is …

God is …

Perhaps there is a way to ensure that I am well whatever is going on in my life.

something greater

something greater

I like Jonah. I understand him. I get his reluctance. I feel his fear. I can even read his mind

Our Father

Our Father

Today’s reflection on the Our Father is available in two forms so you can read and/or listen.

leadership

leadership

A clear and direct question, which one cannot avoid or remain neutral to, nor can one delegate the response to someone else

signs of hope

signs of hope

Hope gives meaning, a purpose to what we are living. The hopeful person knows that optimism is not enough

more sinners

more sinners

I admit that I am powerless… I admit that my life is unmanageable when I try to control it.

wobbly hearts

wobbly hearts

I suspect Pope Francis has been reading Food For Faith this week searching for homily ideas

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eye witness

eye witness

Even more profoundly we can have a heart-felt sense of someone or something.

living nativity

living nativity

A living nativity is an engagement with the total reality of life in every aspect of human life on earth.

it’s not a secret

it’s not a secret

Perhaps this is the mystery kept secret for endless ages. God prefers the peripheries

silent classroom

silent classroom

Those who are truly wise know that silence can provide a higher school of learning, a classroom of growth

magnificat

magnificat

a time will come when the earth on which we are so focussed will pass away.