relax a little and invite Jesus to take the initiative for growth, peace and joy in your life
Lent
pancake Tuesday
…a letting go of all that limits us, restricts us, and therefore prevents us finding the happiness we seek.
rethinking Lent
The games we play with projects and goals, success, ambition and achievement are powerless to deliver the stability and happiness that they promise.
a favourable time
Lent is the time to free ourselves from the illusion of chasing after dust. We ask ourselves today: Where do I stand? Do I live for fire or for ash?”
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.
mardi gras
Today, the day before Ash Wednesday, is commonly known as ‘shrove‘ or ‘pancake’ Tuesday. This day is more widely known in many parts of the world as Mardi Gras (ie fat...
Lent & spring
Here in the Southern Hemisphere we don't associate Lent with spring since in these March days we are entering Autumn. But there is a real connection, and in this brief...
beginning Lent
It's Ash Wednesday today, and here is the first of the daily Lenten Food For Faith encouragements. I'm very aware of the many people around the world who have signed up...
Lent Online 2017
In response to requests, Food For Faith is offering an online retreat. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on 1 March and this six week season of growth in faith seemed like...
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stormy weather
I often hear people comment that their faith is weak, or that they have little faith. I often feel the same way.
Ignatius of Loyola
We ignore our feelings at our peril. However the feelings that are uppermost in human consciousness are simply a starting point for discernment.
those dead days
There are moments many days, and minutes and even hours and sometimes days every week when we feel a bit dead.
face to face
Jesus is not God-far-from-us-up-in-the-heavens, but Jesus is God WITH us.
grandparents
You might like to share this post with grandparents who will appreciate some encouragement on this their feast day.
remembering
I was privileged to be asked to give the homily at the Mass of Thanksgiving of Fr. Isaac Fransen