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Update for Sunday, 8th September, 2024 “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you and among you.” (Luke 17:20f) Time was, when truth was delivered by authorities – kings and […]

The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Go on your way! (Luke 10:1) The world of the early middle ages was transformed by the Irish monks, who followed the call to apostleship. Columbanus, who was born in Leinster, Ireland,

Two healings follow from each other in the course of the ten gospel readings that lead from St John’s Tide to Michaelmas: last week, we heard the healing of the blind man who had the strength to stand up for what he needed and to speak out of his I. This week’s healing is very

“What is your will that I should do for you?” (Luke 18) Can it be right to pray for ourselves, or to pray for a specific outcomes for others? When we leave the simplicity of childhood prayers behind, we can come up against problems. Does expecting an answer to prayer feel a bit like magic?

Take nothing for the journey (Luke 9:3) Every time we move house, we are reminded how much stuff we have accumulated. It’s tempting to imagine that we could just shed it all and live a simpler life. But soon, the needs of the our life in our new dwelling assert themselves, and we start to

Becoming a self Jesus continued: There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your

‘Make straight his paths’ (Mark 1) When a royal progress was being planned in the Ancient Near East, teams of engineers would be sent out in advance to smooth the roads and make sure that nothing would impede the progress of the Great King. When John the Baptist – a man with no power, far