Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Three in Ordinary Time, the Feast of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join John Kleinsman, Â Martin De Jong, Lucienne Hensel & Alex Chia in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Support Life Sunday.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
The opening prayer from Mary Oliver is from her book Devotions: Devotions, MaryOliver – Shop Online for Books in New Zealand
The quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on cheap grace I read out came from the following piece available online: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/costlyGrace.pdf
The resources from CARITAS for Social Justice Week can be accessed here: https://www.caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week
Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Twenty-Two, the Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta, at this link.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
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