Tag: Sacrifice
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Paul on Paul – 2nd January 2022
hesians 3:2-3A, 5-6 This Sunday invites us to think about gifts – be they from Wise Men or not. The 2nd Reading focuses on the Gift of Faith – whcih we recieve, yes, from people in our lives – but one that, ultimately, comes from God.
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Paul on Paul – 19th December 2021
Hebrews 10:5-10 This Sunday is the 4th and Final Sunday of Advent and the Church, through our readings from Scripture this week guide us to consider the greatest of all the Christian Virtues – Love. But it is not always easy and Lov – ture, proper love – always invovled sacrifices of the self in…
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Paul on Paul – 19th September 2021
James 3:16 – 4:3 When we allow our desire for power, or give into our jealousy or envy of others, we can forget our duties to others and the common good. Instead, in this Sunday’s 2nd Reading, St. James demands that we examine this in ourselves – and asks us to trust in God providing…
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Paul on Paul – 8th August 2021
Ephesians 4:30 – 5:2 This Sunday’s 2nd Reading seems to set an impossible standard; but while St. Paul warns us to control our anger, more important is how we resolve that anger, and do not let it linger, but forgive our neighbour.
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Paul on Paul – 9th May 2021
1 John 3:18-24 Our faith has its foundations in Love for others, knowledge of God’s commandments & belief in Christ as Lord. This Sunday’s 2nd Reading invites us to reflect on all 3, but forces us to ackowledge that these don’t ‘just happen’ but requre our action.
Corpus Christi & Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 