“The great Saints of the Church have also found (along with Jeremiah) the strong arm of God their Hero supporting them in the struggle. S. Paul speaks of this support of God as the free gift of divine grace…”
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Spiritual direction (Sunday XI of Ordered time)
“And seeing the multitudes, He had compassion on them, because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd. Then He saith to His disciples, ‘The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth labourers into His harvest.’” Gospel ofContinue reading “Spiritual direction (Sunday XI of Ordered time)”
Quiet, and blessed silence (Sunday VIII of Ordered time)
“…wisdom is gained in silence and listening, rather than in speech, and as the Lord says in our gospel reading today, a foolish man will lead everybody who follows him into the pit he has dug for himself.”
Reading through Ecclesiasticus (aka. ben Sirach)
Today’s summary is on the book of Ecclesiasticus, an important bridge between the Old and the New Testaments that was excluded from by the rabbis from the Hebrew Bible in the centuries after the Resurrection, perhaps because it was considered too Christian. Sadly, protestant rebels did the same in the sixteenth century, probably trying toContinue reading “Reading through Ecclesiasticus (aka. ben Sirach)”
Catholic Louth and Mablethorpe 