Advent Reflections and Resources
27 November 2016
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Over the years, I have visited deep wells, holy wells throughout Wales and Ireland and Scotland. In these places clear water springs forth from within the earth. This is the water of salvation, of healing, of cleansing, of baptism, of memory, of hope.
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This is the importance of the virgin birth - not that it exalts virginity over sexual activity but that it allows Mary the space to respond to herself.
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Herod the Great excelled at grand designs. He built monuments to himself and to stroke the ego of the Emporer...
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“I’m just can’t drum up any enthusiasm for Christmas,” the nurse at the doctor’s surgery said, as did the Warehouse shop assistant. “Me too,” the
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Advent invites us to prepare for the birth of Earth's child...
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Notice what is happening in your own heart; is it numb? Unable to feel? Gripped with fear or moved with compassion?
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Last year I was diagnosed with a tumour affecting the balance centre of my left ear. It gives me no symptoms at the moment, except that it presses on the nerves that control my hearing. As a result I have a constant noise in my head, reminding me of the cicadas of Vaughan Park.
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Our lives are all about waiting.
These times invite us into patience.
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This poem celebrates the perseverance and patience of Joseph - carpenter, husband of Mary and guardian of Jesus. With persistent obedience and care he takes on each tricky task in fulfilling his role
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