Consider the family and friends you will spend time with at Christmas. In this group there will be a complexity of relationships and diverse expressions of love. You might offer a prayer that begins: “Jesus, Your ways are not our ways
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a better way
Jesus reminds us that His kingdom is not of this world warning that his followers would often feel alien even among family and friends
relax
To make matters more complicated we are surrounded by signs pointing in every direction. Navigating a daily direction cannot be left to chance. It requires an intimate relationship with God and a keen and active discernment.
you know me
“Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.”
power plus
Too often we fall into the trap of reducing God to a “spiritual” being considering Jesus to be more like a childhood “imaginary friend.” But Jesus is present with us really, physically and tangibly
Thomas Merton
“I have no idea where I am going.I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
fully human
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us
words & miracles
Words are important and in recent days the words shared by Food For Faith readers following each post have given the comments section of the page an inspiring life of its own. Thank you to all those who are sharing their life and faith in this way.
there is love
You might be feeling the hype of pre-Christmas parties. You could be busy tying up loose ends at work. Some families are flat out trying to get all the gift shopping done, preparing for relatives to visit, or trying to organise a trip away.
by heart
Like me, many of you will have learnt things by heart as a child, perhaps a prayer or a poem or multiplication tables. This rote-learning method went out of fashion for...
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the answer
The evil spirit delights in convincing us that we are alone in our sin. Nothing could be more wrong.
our
If every person I encounter is my ticket to heaven, what will happen to me if I turn up without them?
relationship
Jesus is not referring to the hungry or homeless as the nameless poor. He gives them HIS name, HIS identity.
tempted ?
Temptation for the Christian is not simply an impulse towards evil over good.
THE voice
Have you ever noticed how many passages in the scriptures begin: Jesus said to… or God spoke to (so and so) saying…?