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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading John 8:21-30 Jesus Foretells His Death 21 Again he said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.’ 22Then the Jews
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading John 8:1-20 81while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the
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2nd Sunday in Lent Text of the readings All reflections at Category: Lectionary Exodus 20:1-17 Exodus 34:28 indicates that the terms of the covenant is literally “ten words” (hence, better “decalogue”). We translate this as the “Ten Commandments”, but of course there are four different numbering systems of where the divisions of the commandments in
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Matthew 5:43-48 Love for Enemies 43 ‘You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.” 44But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45so that
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The latest edition of the newspaper The New Zealand Catholic has the following story: CHRISTCHURCH – Blessed Mary MacKillop and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta could soon feature in Anglican liturgies in New Zealand. In 2006, the Rev. Bosco Peters, Christ’s College chaplain and webmaster of the ecumenical liturgy site www.liturgy.co.nz, proposed a motion to that
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