#SundayIsComing reflection: 22 December 2024
“Maybe if there were more Elizabeths in the world doing that holy work there might just be more people breaking out into holy song, like Mary does,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
“Maybe if there were more Elizabeths in the world doing that holy work there might just be more people breaking out into holy song, like Mary does,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
Check out this excerpt from the latest Anglican Board of Mission devotional, Caravan — a stunning book of incarnational stories based on Jesus’ birth, set in an Australian landscape, and written by The Rev’d Canon Stephen Daughtry for group or individual reflection
“The women, at the most pivotal point in the story of Christian origins, are the faithful witnesses of these climactic events. In the way the Gospel authors frame the narrative, Christianity depends upon the testimony of these faithful women. The Church only exists because of their faithful witness and testimony,” says Dr Maurice Ryan
Four priests from across our Diocese tell us about their favourite passage from the Gospel of Luke, including The Rev’d Rebecca, The Rev’d Adam Lowe, The Rev’d Deb Bird and The Rev’d Michael Stalley
“But in this moment, as I sat down to pray, I was neither a Protestant nor Roman Catholic, but a daughter coming before her Father with burdens too heavy to bear, desiring the comforting embrace of her mom, who was over 5,000 miles, a seven-hour time difference, and 26 more days of silence away,” reflects a former Community of St Anselm member on her unexpected encounter with Mary during a recent silent retreat
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