One of the things I’ve spoken about from time to time, is the misunderstanding so many people seem to have about holiness. For many people, holiness means nothing less than spiritual and moral perfection, but that really isn’t what it means to be holy. Holiness has nothing to do with perfection, of any kind; itContinue reading “Thought for the Day: St Peter and St Paul Sunday 28th June, 2020”
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Thought for the Day: 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 2) – 21st June, 2020
I’m sure that many of you will have heard of John Henry Newman. Newman was a 19th Century Anglican priest, and although originally an evangelical, he became one of the leaders of the so-called Oxford Movement, the group who brought about the Anglo-Catholic revival in the Church of England in the early-mid 1800’s. Later, NewmanContinue reading “Thought for the Day: 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 2) – 21st June, 2020”
Thought for the Day: 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 1) 14th June, 2020
One of the more questionable pleasures of being human, is the trouble and pain our bodies can cause us at times. We all know what it’s like to be ill, and probably to suffer an injury of some kind too, so we know how very unpleasant those things can be. And, as we get older,Continue reading “Thought for the Day: 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 1) 14th June, 2020”
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