Come Holy Spirit!

The Gospel for Pentecost Sunday (John 15:26-27, 16:12-15) is part of the Last Supper discourse in Saint John’s Gospel. Jesus tells his disciples that unless he goes the Holy Spirit cannot come, and that when the Spirit comes he will…

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Running the Spiritual Path

I love running. I have been running regularly now for many years. My love of running began when I was nine years old and I haven’t fallen out of love with my favourite pastime since. Running sets me free, it declutters my…

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‘Love lifted on the Cross for me’

In today’s Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Jesus speaks of himself being lifted up on the Cross and how his self-giving sacrifice in the passion was a glorious revelation of God’s love for humankind “The Son of Man…

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Lent: a time of grace

In the Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent (Mark 1:12-15) we read how Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit to enter the wilderness of the desert for forty days and forty nights, where he was tempted by Satan….

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The healing power of God

In the scripture passage from Saint Mark’s Gospel (Mark 1:40-45) we have the account of the meeting between Jesus and the leper. In the time of Jesus lepers were ridiculed, they were forced to live apart in social isolation as…

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