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August 27 – September 2
Saul’s fall, Paul’s zeal, Herod’s struggle, and the psalmist’s vision all remind us that faith is never static. Transformation can be humiliating, exhilarating, or unsettling. Yet each story urges us to embrace change with honesty, curiosity, and imagination, trusting that God’s presence reshapes us from within.
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20 – 26 August
Reading biblical stories isn’t enough—they need to lift from the page and live within us. Art can open unexpected doors, as in Johann Christian Brand’s 1769 painting of the vineyard workers, where creativity and scripture meet, mingling to work from the inside out.
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August 13 – 19 – 19th week Ordinary Time
What if the thresholds of our lives—loss, leadership, longing—are not endings but invitations? Moses’ solitary death, Joshua’s water-crossing and the quiet joy of inner creation, these reflections ask us to go deeper. To trust the unseen, tend the spirit, and walk together into the unknown. The journey begins within.
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August 6 – 12 – 18th week Ordinary Time
Dreams, water, and sacred memory stir something deep. From Daniel’s visionary slumber to the longing that ripples through Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water, we glimpse truths emerging from the shadows. Could our own dreams—like scripture—hold echoes of the divine? These reflections invite you to slow down, listen inward, and honour the mystery.
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July 30 – August 5 – 17th week Ordinary Time
Exploring rest, reality, renewal, and responsibility. Leviticus and Numbers reveal a God who speaks honestly, expects struggle, and offers second chances. Ecclesiastes reminds us that meaning isn’t in legacy, but in presence. Nothing is lost—there’s always space to begin again.
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War makes the World sick, literally
Ukraine’s war introduced antibiotic-resistant infections now surfacing worldwide. Shortages and casualties have stretched healthcare thin, making sepsis a death sentence for some wounded soldiers. The long-term global risks show how war’s damage knows no borders.
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July 23 – July 29 – 16th week Ordinary Time
God meets us not in perfection, but in process—in hunger, in protest, in silence, and in failure. These reflections reveal a God who calls, listens, and stays near, even when we feel most unready. Faith deepens not through certainty, but through surrender, fidelity and daily, transforming presence.
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Bishop Barron’s views conflict with Christian equality
Youth say Bishop Robert Barron spreads questionable information. Youth leaders say his messaging contradicts Paul’s teaching that “you are all one in Christ Jesus,” a message of unity in difference.
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July 16 – July 22
God’s call rarely comes when we feel prepared. Grace breaks in through disruption, not certainty. We are not called because we are ready, but because God is already with us—working through darkness, delay and trembling obedience.
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Papabile women in 2025!
A grandmother envisions her descendants laughing one day at the idea women were once excluded from Church leadership. But in 2025, the thought of a female Pope is still unthinkable, even as a symbolic list of “papabile” women emerges from the grassroots.
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