On this day six years ago Jorge Borgoglio was elected as pope beginning his ministry as Pope Francis.
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Our Father
A reflection on the best known of all prayers, the Our Father.
life-giving law
Most of us are not too keen on rules. Something in us fears that law will limit our liberty and therefore we will be less happy. The underlying fear is that we will be...
tempted & growing
Instead of going down that track of settling for the thing I think I want that’s actually a temptation, we are much better off if we become aware of the desire we have for something greater.
sinners at table
Immediately on being elected pope in the Sistine Chapel in March 2013 Pope Francis said to the cardinals who elected him: “I am a great sinner confident in the patience and mercy of God. In suffering, I accept.”
fasting for freedom
Fasting is fashionable today, for fighting disease, enhancing heart health, boosting brain function, aiding weight loss, delaying ageing and helping concentration. Â
united in worship
And it is Christ who brings us together tonight, Anglican and Catholic with friends, to focus again on what is essential. We are united by the challenges we face here in this place. We are at a spring-time of faith in our dioceses, with citizens hungry for mature and adult faith.
forty days of growth
It’s Ash Wednesday and today’s reflection takes the form of a five minute podcast. You might listen sitting at home with your morning coffee, or perhaps on the drive to work.
there is a way
It's Monday morning and for many a new work and study week begins. These first hours of the week can be difficult. Perhaps the weekend didn't give the rest we needed...
a man, a boy & a donkey
The man and boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, until at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders.
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leadership
Even the best things that life on earth can give us are not enough to satisfy the depth of desire we feel.
getting physical
The stumbling point for many is that in Jesus God took on a human body, and walked and talked and ate and drank
to live
Their hindsight became foresight, an ability to live in the present without hurt from the past and free of fear of the future.
He speaks
It is not enough for me as an adult to believe because parents and religious leaders told me so.
entering
We live most intimately with Jesus not when we imagine what he went through, but when we fully enter our own lives,