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Reflections 4 – 10 November
There is a lovely freedom in ordinary faithfulness: the meal shared, the shift completed, the gift given without counting, small, unseen moments where love quietly takes root and we discover we already belong.
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Reflections 28 October – 3 November
God’s love keeps reaching out like a mother gathering her children, even as they turned toward self-reliance instead of shelter.
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Reflections 21 – 27 October
Wednesday 21 October Responsibility within the Church is a sacred trust, demanding faithful stewardship and pastoral care for those entrusted to our charge. Greater knowledge of divine truth carries a higher obligation to embody mercy and justice in our actions. When authority devolves into self-indulgence or harshness toward others, it betrays the core of the…
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Reflections 14 – 20 October
What if the very doors meant to lead us to God have been quietly locked—not by unbelief, but by the weight of rules we mistook for faith? Mercy waits on the other side.
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Reflections 7 – 13 October
True devotion isn’t measured by how close we stand to holy things, but by whether we let the Word take flesh in ordinary decisions, relationships, and the quiet clutter of daily life.
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Reflections 30 September – 6 October
What if the very doors meant to lead us to God have been quietly locked—not by unbelief, but by the weight of rules we mistook for faith? Mercy waits on the other side.
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Reflections 23 – 29 September
What if the emptiness we fear most — no bag, no plan, no place to rest our head — is exactly the shape faith takes when it finally stops looking back?
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Reflections 16 – 22 September
When crowds blocked his own mother and brothers from reaching him, Jesus quietly redrew the boundaries of family around anyone who hears the word and does it — there’s plenty of room.
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Reflections 9 – 15 September
We are remarkably skilled at diagnosing other people’s flaws while ignoring our own. Jesus turns the mirror around, insisting that real compassion has to start with an honest look at ourselves first.
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Reflections 2 – 8 September
When exhaustion meets deep mystery, divine grace quietly reclaims our broken patterns. From empty nets and messy family lines to silent solitude and radical mercy, discover a faith that meets us in our real, unfiltered lives.
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