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the new life

the new life

I’ll never have the experience of a mother giving birth to a child and I’m ok with that, with mothers commenting that men have got no idea what real pain is.

broken ?

broken ?

Broken like a light-bulb, good for nothing? No! I’m broken like a jigsaw puzzle, full of potential and ready to become what I am created to be.

worshipping what ?

worshipping what ?

if we don’t make a conscious choice about what or who we worship, we will indiscriminately and sub-consciously grasp at something or someone to place at the centre of our lives.

which team

which team

And how beautiful it is!  It is like getting our lives back, getting a new chance.  Nothing is more beautiful than to have a new chance.

growing young

growing young

Sometimes when I’m with a group I may know the meaning of every word they use but I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

all or nothing

all or nothing

Watching live-streamed Mass? Try turning off after the homily and spending the next ten minutes praying with the scriptures you have heard.

truth tellers

truth tellers

It only takes one person living uncompromisingly in relationship with Jesus Christ to begin a movement of renewal

chosen

chosen

“But now there is a difference; the initiative is entirely with God”.

a bit of colour

a bit of colour

I usually spend a day with the following day’s scripture so that in the evening I have something to share in these FFF posts.

just pruning

just pruning

Perhaps the pain you are experiencing today is not a cutting that causes death but a pruning that is preparing you to live more freely and fully ?

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a new era

a new era

It was sixty-one years ago on this day, 11 October 1962, that Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council.

Tikkun Olam

Tikkun Olam

If you are ready for a broader faith perspective you might appreciate this offering – something a little different

seeking & calling

seeking & calling

In every encounter, local and afar, with people of every age and at every stage of life, the struggles and joys of people are remarkably similar.

ahead of grace ?

ahead of grace ?

Both readings are personal favourites and every time I hear them and ponder them these texts speak to me in new and powerful ways.

an inner peak

an inner peak

I know a few people, including several Food For Faith followers, who are nearing death. Some of these are elderly and accepting that their life on earth is naturally coming to an end. Others, well before their time, are struggling with poor health and living with diagnoses of terminal illness.