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The Feast of the Epiphany, or Three Kings’ Day, is celebrated on January 6 each year. In the Latin and Eastern Orthodox Church it is the day when gifts are given and received. Matthew 2 records the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem. Because St. Luke does not mention the...
IN OLD AGE
O my Lord God, this is the awful burden I feel in ageing: that I am your useless servant. My body is lumpish and clumsy, its beauty gone: I am stiff on my thickened legs, and cannot speed about serving others and you. My thoughts seem not to come out clearly, and I...
A PRAYER FOR THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW YEAR
Almighty and immortal God, whose mercies are like your years, unnumbered, we your dependent creatures, humbly adore you for your manifold goodness to us and to all your children. Awaken in our hearts a thankful sense of your forbearance in preserving our lives through...
WORLDWIDE REPORT
John Stott As the year comes to a close it is interesting to discover who reads my posts. I do not know their names but I do know where they live. The largest group are in the USA. The second largest group of readers are in Ghana. Then comes Germany, the United...
CHRISTMAS PRAYERS 3
‘Home’…Lord, how deep our need of it, and how greatly, when our homes are secure, we take them for granted. So, Lord, my Lord who was yourself homeless both as an infant and in your ministry, I bring to you: My thanks for the homes you have given me throughout my life...
CHRISTMAS PRAYERS 2
Who has not considered Mary And who her praise would dim, But what of humble Joseph Is there no song for him? If Joseph had not driven Straight nails through honest wood If Joseph had not cherished His Mary as he should; If Joseph had not proved him A...
CHRISTMAS PRAYERS 1
Loving Father, now at the climax of this time of waiting I offer you all my longing and hoping. Let the mystery and holiness of your great gift to us, which we celebrate afresh, come upon me as strangely and gloriously as to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem....
EVERYTHING HAS A CAUSE
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow in their book, The Grand Design, maintain that God is not required for the existence of the universe. Instead the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow universes to appear spontaneously from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the...
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
In Leo Tolstoy’s short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych, a successful judge lived a totally conventional life, which he only began to question as he was dying. In the final weeks when he is in great pain and the doctors have admitted their inability to help him, he is...
FIVE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS
The other day I came upon the “age-old ego-stripping questions of place (Where am I?), origin (Where did I come from?), destiny (Where am I going?), identity (Who am I?), and purpose (Why am I?)”. These five questions cause us to reflect on the meaning of our lives in...
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