Third Sunday of the Year (B) Jan 25, 2015

Mass Gospel Mark 1:14-20

After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’

  As he was walking along by the Sea of Galilee he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the lake – for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you into fishers of men.’ And at once they left their nets and followed him.

  Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets. He called them at once and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Day Eight: Many believed because of the woman’s testimony (John 4:39)

God, spring of living water, Make of us witnesses of unity through both our words and our lives. Help us to understand that we are not the owners of the well, And give us the wisdom to welcome the same grace in one another. Transform our hearts and our lives So that we might be genuine bearers of the Good News. And lead us always to the encounter with the other, As an encounter with you. We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ, In the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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International January 23, 2015 The clearest presence of the reign is Jesus, God's reign made flesh."The time of fulfillment has come" is another way of saying, "Here I am!"

Jerusalem - Dominus Flevit Thursday 30th Oct 2014

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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 13:31-35.

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling! 
Behold, your house will be abandoned. (But) I tell you, you will not see me until (the time comes when) you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

Commentary of the day : 

Saint John-Paul II, Pope from 1978 to 2005 
Apostolic Letter “Redemptionis anno”, April 1984 

“Jerusalem…
How often have I wanted to gather your children together”

In addition to its renowned and magnificent monuments, Jerusalem has living communities of believing Christians, Jews and Muslims, whose presence is a pledge and a source of hope for the nations, which in all parts of the world look towards the Holy City as towards a spiritual patrimony and a sign of peace and of concord. Yes, as the homeland of the heart of all the spiritual descendants of Abraham who have a deep love for it, and as a place where, for the eyes of faith, God’s infinite transcendence and created things meet, Jerusalem is a symbol of gathering, of union and of peace for the whole human family. The Holy City thus includes a firm call for peace to all of humankind and in particular to all who adore the one great God, the merciful Father of all peoples. Alas! We have to admit that Jerusalem continues to be a reason for rivalry, violence and territorial claims.

This situation and these thoughts bring to our lips the words of the prophet: “For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet. Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch.” (Isa 62:1) We think of the day, and we await it with impatience, when we shall all truly be “taught by God” (Jn 6:45), so that we might hear his message of reconciliation and peace. We think of the day when Jews, Christians, and Muslims will be able to share with one another in Jerusalem the greeting of peace, which Jesus addressed to his disciples after his resurrection: “Peace be with you.” (Jn 20:19)

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The chapel was built by the Italian Antonio Barluzzi in 1955, recalls weeping of Jesus over the city of Jerusalem.

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Before Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, he looked up from the Mount of Olives to the city. He wept over it, because he foresaw the disaster that would make the Jewish people, because it would not recognize him as the Messiah (Lk 19.41 to 44).

19,37ff Luke 37 And when he was already close to the slope of the Mount of Olives, began the whole multitude of the disciples, with joy to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, Blessed is he who comes, the king, in the name of the Lord! Peace be in heaven and glory in the highest! 39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: Teacher, but thy disciples rightly! 40 He answered and said, I tell you, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city andwept over it , 42 saying: If you, even you knew at that time, which make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.43 For the time will come upon you when your enemies are around you a Wall pose, surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and you raze and thy children in thee, and no stone on the other, can be in you, because you did not recognize the time in which you were afflicted. 

The "Dominus Flevit Church" recalls today that event. Since the 16th century, this place is set with the grief of Jesus about the fate of Jerusalem in connection.

1881 acquired the Franciscans of this site, which was on a procession from the Mount of Olives to the Holy Sepulchre . Establishing this church came when the Franciscans at this point unearthed an old cemetery and it came across the remains of a monastery and a church dating from the 5th century. Built in 1955 by the Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi the new chapel, the original mosaics there were left where they had found it. The roof was the shape of a teardrop. Instead eastward, as required by the rule, the church is oriented to the west. The Dominus Flevit Church is primarily known for their interior shots: Through a window behind the altar has a unique view of the Old City and the Temple Mount. 

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23 Thu 11 Sep 2014 Lk 6 7-38 How shall I compare this generation?

 

Those who hunger for God will be satisfied

   What can make us spiritually dull and slow to hear God's voice?

   Like the generation of Jesus' time, our age is marked by indifference and contempt, especially in regards to the message of God's kingdom.    

   Indifference dulls our ears to God's voice and to the good news of the Gospel.

   Only the humble of heart who are hungry for God can find true joy and happiness.

   Let us listen to God's word with expectant faith and the willingness to trust and obey.

   

   Father in heaven, open our ears to hear the good news of your kingdom.  

   Set our hearts free to love and serve you joyfully, through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Sunday July 27th. Homily. Fr. Raymond

  Fr. Raymond Homily  
Sunday, July 27th

"The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."
Gospel   Mt. 13:44-52     ....

   

17th SUNDAY (A).   Jesus gives us today different images of the kingdom of heaven.  Each of these images tells us something different about that kingdom of heaven.  Each of them helps to build up for us some faint idea of that wonderful truth that the scriptures tell us is beyond our wildest dreams: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God has  prepared for those who love him.” 

Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a great hidden treasure; then to a precious pearl;   But in these images Jesus is underlining for us something more than just the greatness of the treasure discovered; something that we could easily overlook, yet something, I believe, that is very real in the life of most of us in our discovery of the kingdom of heaven.

The first image, the finding of the treasure that had been hidden in a field is the story of an accidental stroke of good luck.  The finder had no idea it was there; he wasn’t searching for it; he just chanced to find it.  How many of us can think of moments of grace like that in our lives, moments that touched us deeply and gave a new quality to our faith.  It may have been a moment of great joy, like the birth of a child for instance; or it may even have been a moment of great sadness like the death of a loved, but whatever it was it jolted and deepened our faith.  It was a treasure we found by accident, as it were.

The second image is the merchant searching for fine pearls.  Some people search for the truth in many ways and in many places and for many years, like the great St Augustine for instance.  His search was ultimately rewarded, and it was rewarded in a way that not only brought him his own personal fulfilment but enriched the whole church ever since.  The story of his search for God is one of the treasures of Christian literature.

As far as our own discovery of grace is concerned we have no control over the good luck we may have; that lies in the hands of Providence, but we are all bound to go hunting for that treasure.  And how to do we hunt for it?  We hunt for it by our prayers and desires; by our partaking of the sacraments; by our reading of good books, and especially by our reading of scripture.

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Pope's Angelus Address, Sunday July 27th

"Everything makes sense when you find this treasure, which Jesus called "the Kingdom of God," that is, God reigning in your life, in our lives."

VATICAN CITY, July 27, 2014 (Zenit.org) - At 12pm today, Pope Francis appeared at the window of the study in the Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square.

Here below is an English translation of his words introducing the Marian prayer, and his address that followed:

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The brief similarities put forward in today's liturgy conclude the chapter of Matthew’s Gospel dedicated to the parables of the Kingdom of God (13:44-52). Among these are two small masterpieces: the parables of the treasure hidden in the field, and the pearl of great price. They tell us that the discovery of the Kingdom of God can come suddenly, as when the peasant farmer is ploughing, finding the treasure unexpectedly; or after a long search, as the pearl for the merchant, who finally found the pearl of great price he had long dreamed of. But in that case and in the other, the primary fact remains that the treasure and the pearl are worth more than all other goods. Therefore, the farmer and the merchant, when they find them, give up everythingelse to buy them. They do not need to reason, to think, to reflect: they realize immediately the incomparable value of what they have found, and are willing to lose anything to have it.  

Vocations “There was great calm” (Mt. 8:22-27) 1st July 2014

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Introduction (Abbot Mark). Mass Vocations (Mt. 8: 22-27).

Today we offer Mass for Vocations. As we pray for more vocations to the priesthood and the Religious Life, we see in today’s Gospel, the account of Jeus in the boat with his disciples.

A sudden storm hits them and they fear for their lives.

Vocations are like that. We follow Jesus but we will be tested and only know how much we really trust and rely on him in the storms of life.

As we prepare to offer this Mass in thanksgiving for our vocations, let us remember our continuing need of God to be with us.

Penitential Rite:

Lord Jesus, Give us the confidence to keep following you in difficult and unexpected situation.
- Lord have mercy...

Lord, may we turn to you as we struggle to remain faithful to our commitment to your will.
Christ have mercy...

Lord Jesus, lift us up when we fail you.

Fill us with he the awareness of your healing presence.
Lord have mercy

Tuesday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time

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Saint Augustine : "There was great calm" 

Book of Amos 3:1-8.4:11-12.

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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 8:23-27.

As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep.

They came and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"

He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.

The men were amazed and said, "What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?" 

Commentary of the day : 

Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church 

Sermon 63 ; PL 38, 424 

"There was great calm"

Christ's sleep is the symbol of a mystery. The ship's passengers represent souls traversing the life of this world on the wood of the cross. In addition, the ship is the symbol of the Church. Indeed, truly... the heart of each member of the faithful is a ship sailing across the sea: it cannot sink provided the spirit engages in good thoughts. 

Has someone insulted you? It is the wind beating against you. Have you become angry? It is the swell mounting. Does temptation arise? It is the wind blowing. Is your soul troubled? It is the waves rising up... Wake up Christ and let him speak to you. “Who, then, is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?” Who is he? “His is the sea for he has made it”; “all things were made by him” (Ps 95[94],5; Jn 1,3). So imitate the winds and the sea: obey your Creator. The sea shows itself to be docile to Christ’s voice and do you remain deaf? The sea obeys, the winds drop, and do you continue to blow? What are we trying to say by this? Speaking, getting upset, plotting revenge: isn’t this continuing to blow and not wanting to give way before Christ’s word? When your heart is stirred up don’t allow yourself to be swamped by the waves. 

If, nevertheless, the wind blows us over – for we are only human – and if it stirs up the bad feelings in our hearts, let us not despair. Let us wake up Christ so as to continue our journey on a peaceful sea. 

Jesus cures leper Mk. 1:40-45

1st Thursday Jesus cures leper

Mk. 1:40-45

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   The leper in today’s Gospel approached Jesus confidently and humbly. He believed that Jesus could and would heal him.

   Normally a leper would be stoned if he came near a rabbi. Jesus not only grants the man his request, but he demonstrates the personal love, compassion, and tenderness of God.

   Jesus met the man's misery with compassion and tender kindness.

   He showed the love and mercy of God. This sign is more eloquent than words.

   Jesus touched the man and made him clean – not only physically but also spiritually.

 

 Father, inflame our hearts with your love and make us clean and whole in body, mind, and spirit, through Christ our Lord.

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Saint Catherine of Siena (+ 1380), Doctor of the Church, was a Dominican, stiqmatist, and papal counsellor.

Friday, 08 November 2013

Friday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

Gospel: Saint Luke 16:1-8.

 "The children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. (v. 8)

Catherine of Siena (Saint)

 

A Prudent Approach to Apathy

To make holy desire grow in you and not flag, I want you to open your mind's eye and come to know God's unspeakable love for you. In love he gave you his only-begotten Son, and that Son gave his life for you in such blazing love that it should melt the hardness of any hard heart.

Here focus your mind's eye, considering and pondering the price [paid for you], God's Son. In his blood wash your soul's face.

Wake up and rouse yourselves from the slumber of apathy! And once you've washed, be sure you put on the white of purity and the colour of blazing charity, both of which you will find in the blood of the Lamb. I want you to consider ... that you cannot have this purity of mind and body if you are ... setting your love and desire on ... created things apart from God's will. Nor is it compatible with selfish love or physical self indulgence. No, it is won with very earnest watching and prayer, and with continual remembrance of your Creator and constant acknowledgement of God's unspeakable love for you.

After you have acquired purity in the way I've described, you will see that there is no service you can do for God, and so you will extend your love to your neighbours, doing for them the service you cannot do for God. You will visit the sick, help the poor, and console those who are troubled. You will weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice. I mean you will weep with those who are grieving in deadly sin by being compassionate and by offering continual prayers for them in God's presence. And you will rejoice with those who are glad because they are true servants of Jesus Christ crucified, always happy to be in their company.

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA

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Catherine of Siena (Saint)

From The Letters of St. Catherint of Siena. Vol. II, Suzanne Noffkc, O.P. Tr. MRTS Vol. 203 (Tempe, AZ. 2001). Copyright Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University, Used with permission.

 St. Catherine of Siena is a saint, mystic, and doctor of the Church. Here are 8 things about her to know and share.

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Thurs. 31 Oct. COMMENT: This exquisite and moving apostrophe was uttered in similar language in the Passion-week

COMMENT:
Luke Verse 34. - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee! This exquisite and moving apostrophe was uttered in similar language in the Passion-week, just as Jesus was leaving the temple for the last time.

 

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Thursday of the Thirtieth week in Ordinary Time

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 13:31-35.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, "Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you."
He replied, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose.
Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.'
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Behold, your house will be abandoned. (But) I tell you, you will not see me until (the time comes when) you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

Go home your son will live. Jn. 4:50

Monday of the Fourth Week in Lent
Go home, your son will live. (Jn 4:50) ....

Monday of the Fourth week of LentMonday, 11 March 2013

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 4:43-54. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.

The Gospel of John: a commentary & meditation 

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Jesus rescues a court official's son

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Scripture:  John 4:43-54

Pool of Nahal David in the Judean wilderness
, Ein Gedi, Israel

43 After the two days he departed to Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast. 46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Caper'na-um there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." 49 The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."     http://www.rc.net/wcc/art/gallery2.htm    50 Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him nd told him that his son was living. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; and he himself believed, and all his household. 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
Meditation: Do you approach the Lord Jesus with expectant faith for healing, pardon, and transformation in Christ-like holiness? Jesus’ miracles are signs that manifest the presence and power of God’s kingdom. When a high ranking official, who was very likely from King Herod's court, heard the reports of Jesus’ preaching and miracles, he decided to seek Jesus out for an extraordinary favor. If this story happened today the media headlines would probably say: "High ranking official leaves capital in search of miracle cure from a small town carpenter."
It took raw courage for a high ranking court official to travel twenty miles in search of Jesus, the Galilean carpenter. He had to swallow his pride and put up with some ridicule from his cronies. And when he found the healer carpenter, Jesus seemed to put him off with the blunt statement that people would not believe unless they saw some kind of miracle or sign from heaven. Jesus likely said this to test the man to see if his faith was in earnest. If he turned away discouraged or irritated, he would prove to be insincere. Jesus, perceiving his faith, sent him home with the assurance that his prayer had been heard. It was probably not easy for this man to leave Jesus and go back home only with the assuring word that his son would be healed. Couldn't Jesus have come to this man's home and touched his dying child? The court official believed in Jesus and took him at his word without doubt or hesitation. He was ready to return home and face ridicule and laughter because he trusted in Jesus' word. God's mercy shows his generous love – a love that bends down in response to our misery and wretchedness. Is there any area in your life where you need healing, pardon, change, and restoration? If you seek the Lord with trust and expectant faith, he will not disappoint you. He will meet you more than half way and give you what you need. The Lord Jesus never refused anyone who put their trust in him. Surrender your doubts and fears, your pride and guilt at his feet, and trust in his saving word and healing love.
"Lord Jesus, your love never fails and your mercy is unceasing. Give me the courage to surrender my stubborn pride, fear and doubts to your surpassing love, wisdom and knowledge. Make be strong in faith, persevering in hope, and constant in love."

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First Sunday of Lent. St. Augustine

There are so many Patristic Homilies of the Synoptic Gospels on Jesus' Temptation but St Augustine is exceptional in the context of the discourses on the Psalms.
Information on Psalm 60 commentary of Augustine for the First Sunday of Lent is best depended on the Online Breviary for the accurate reference, (Ps. 60, 2-3: CCL 39, 766).
Saint Augustine's 444 words, as in similar Readings, challenge close reading. In fact, a preamble summarizing leads to opening to the door of Augustine's clarity and simpleness of language.
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What single individual can cry from the ends of the earth? This possession of Christ, this inheritance of Christ, this body of Christ, this one Church of Christ, this unity that we are, cries from the ends of the earth. What does it cry?   Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. Certainly Christ was tempted by the devil. In Christ you were tempted, for Christ received his flesh from your nature, but by his own power gained salvation for you; he suffered death in your nature, but by his own power gained glory for you; therefore, he suffered temptation in your nature, but by his own power gained victory for you.

  If in Christ we have been tempted, in him we overcome the devil. 

BreviarySunday, 17 February 2013  The First Sunday of Lent     

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From a commentary on the psalms by Saint Augustine, bishop
(Ps. 60, 2-3: CCL 39, 766)

In Christ we suffered temptation, and in him we overcame the devil

Hear, O God, my petition, listen to my prayer. Who is speaking? An individual, it seems. See if it is an individual: I cried to you from the ends of the earth while my heart was in anguish. Now it is no longer one person; rather, it is one in the sense that Christ is one, and we are all his members. What single individual can cry from the ends of the earth? The one who cries from the ends of the earth is none other than the Son’s inheritance. It was said to him: Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession. This possession of Christ, this inheritance of Christ, this body of Christ, this one Church of Christ, this unity that we are, cries from the ends of the earth. What does it cry? What I said before: Hear, O God, my petition, listen to my prayer; I cried out to you from the ends of the earth. That is, I made this cry to you from the ends of the earth; that is, on all sides.

Why did I make this cry? While my heart was in anguish. The speaker shows that he is present among all the nations of the earth in a condition, not of exalted glory but of severe trial.

Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after victory, or strives except against an enemy or temptations.

The one who cries from the ends of the earth is in anguish, but is not left on his own. Christ chose to foreshadow us, who are his body, by means of his body, in which he has died, risen and ascended into heaven, so that the members of his body may hope to follow where their head has gone before.

He made us one with him when he chose to be tempted by Satan. We have heard in the gospel how the Lord Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness. Certainly Christ was tempted by the devil. In Christ you were tempted, for Christ received his flesh from your nature, but by his own power gained life for you; he suffered insults in your nature, but by his own power gained glory for you; therefore, he suffered temptation in your nature, but by his own power gained victory for you.

If in Christ we have been tempted, in him we overcame the devil. Do you think only of Christ’s temptations and fail to think of his victory? See yourself as tempted in him, and see yourself as victorious in him. He could have kept the devil from himself; but if he were not tempted he could not teach you how to triumph over temptation.

Saint Lucy. "But the least in the kingdom ...!" Mt 11:11

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2 Advent Thur 13 Dec 12:  "But the least in the kingdom of God is greater than John!"  Mt 11:11-15.

 

The Lord our God grasps our right hand and says to us, “Do not be afraid, I will help you, the poor and the needy. I, the Lord will answer you. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon you.” (Is. 41:13)

God’s mercy always comes to us through other people. The greatness of John the Baptist is his total obedience to Christ by which all “see and know, observe and understand that the hand of the Lord has done this”.  That is the appearance of God as man in Jesus our Emmanuel and our Saviour.

 

Father in heaven, fill us with joy and confidence and make us bold witnesses of your saving truth so that others may know the joy and freedom of the gospel, through Christ our Lord.

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The feast of St. Lucy. December 13, has something of a resonance at Nunraw which, in the guise of the RAVENSWOOD of Walter Scott's novel, the Bride of Lammermoor, is also celebrated in Donizetti opera, Lucia di ...

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