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Jesus prayed: ‘Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them…’ (From the Gospel of St. John chapter 17:1-11) Last Thursday was the Feast of the Ascension; the end of the 40-day period after Jesus’ resurrection, the time when …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 24 May 2020 (Sunday after Ascension Day)”
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 17 May 2020 (Sixth Sunday of Easter)”
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,my shield and the horn of my salvation,my stronghold and my refuge, my saviour(From the Second Book of Samuel, chapter 22) Over the past week regulars of Damerham’s Coffee Pot group have been emailingmemories and photos of the …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 10 May 2020 (Fifth Sunday of Easter)”
Jesus said, ‘Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 3 May 2020 (Fourth Sunday of Easter)”
Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’ That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 26 April 2020 (Third Sunday of Easter)”
But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails …
Continue reading “Thought for the week: 19 April 2020 (Easter 2 Low Sunday)”
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and …
Continue reading “Thought for the week: 12 April 2020 (Easter Day)”
When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 5 April 2020 (Palm Sunday)”
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem… and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them… When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to …
Continue reading “Thought for the Week: 29 March 2020 (Passion Sunday)”
Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ And from that hour …