Monthly Archives: September 2022

Monday of Week 23 in Ordinary Time

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A small amount of yeast is enough to leaven the dough.
So get rid of all the old yeast.
There is no need to be low.
We have a place reserved at the feast.But we need to make some new bread.
Unleavened as it is meant to be.
Take up a new thread.
This should be our plea.

The sense of pride.
Is the old yeast.
We have now a guide.
An eternal high priest.

Leaving only sincerity and truth.
They are not the prerogative of youth.

…….

Pride is the old yeast
There is a new Passover
And a new leaven

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See 1 Corinthians 5 : 1-8

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The reasonings of mortals are unsure.
And our intentions unstable.
The restless ego is the lure.
And we wonder if all this is mere fable.

This tent of clay weighs down the teeming mind.
It is hard enough for us to work out what is on earth.
We see,  yet we are spiritually blind.
We cannot even work out our true worth.

It is laborious  to know what lies within our reach.
Who then can discover what is in the heavens.
We may preach.
But truly we are at sixes and sevens.

How can we ever know the intentions of God.
We are just too flawed.

…….

 

Unsure reasonings

unstable intentions

Are surely our lot

 

 

 

See Wisdom 9: 13-18

St Gregory the Great . Saturday Week 22

 

 

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Never have our speeches been simply flattery.

Nor have we looked for any special honours.

Even to save us from our Calvary.
We have, we hope not been fawners.
Sometimes depression seems overwhelming.
We have, it seems achieved so little .
But sit down , concentrate on the breathing.
We ourselves must not belittle.
Do not reject your deepest cravings
Just acknowledge them.
They need not end in suffering.
You need to be aware not numb.
You are not free when you do just what you like.
Only what your deepest self, your soul does like.
……
Ask your deepest self
What it really wants to do
That is happiness
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See 1 Thessalonians 2:2-8

Friday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time

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John’s disciples are always fasting.
But yours go on eating and drinking.
But they went on searching.
And encountering.

Surely the search is what is important.
Not the behaviour .
Or rooting out the discordant.
What matters is finding the saviour.

The bridegroom is no longer with us.
But the wedding feast is not over.
The rest is superfluous.
He is gone yet still lives, the lover

We are mere stewards of the mysterious.
But we remain for ever curious.

…….

We can eat and drink
As we continue the search
That’s all we can do

…. …

See 1 Corinthians 4 : 1-5

Thursday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time

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God of might , keeper of every good gift.
Put into our hearts the love of your name.
However low I am give me a lift.
So that I do not myself blame.
Gently close your eyes .
And put a smile on your face.
Forget all the lies.
You have not yet run the race .
Follow the breathing.
And not the nagging thought.
Feel some  anxiety freeing.
This is what you sought.
Relax the shoulder.
Feel warmer not colder.
…….
Just feel the breathing
Forget all the nagging thoughts
Try to be happy
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See The Collect of the Day