‘Understanding the riches hidden in Christ’
The Hebrew scriptures and the gospel passage today underline a period of trial – a passage in the desert no less. Though instead of it being a time of isolation […]
Tag: Debbie Matheson
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Killing me softly
On Tuesday morning I woke up to the news that Roberta Flack, who sang the hit song “Killing me softly with his song” had passed away. There are two lines […]
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REFOCUSING
This weekend we enter the season of Advent, a season of anticipation, and we begin again the church’s liturgical year. The focus of our readings in the first two weeks […]
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Transformed by our encounter with Christ?
We hear in our readings, on this 31st Sunday in Ordinary time, Moses telling the people to fear the Lord and to keep God’s commands; the psalmist reminding us of […]
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Living with God’s Word in our hearts
The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord’. In this psalm refrain response God promises to live with those who live their lives with justice, […]
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I Am!
“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst” (Jn 6:35) The great ‘I am’ we hear in […]
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Listening
I’m sure most of us can recall a situation when someone with whom we were very familiar or close to offered unsolicited advice or guidance and we rejected it. Or […]
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Welcome home – Our mustard seed has flowered!
Even a little mustard seed can produce a bountiful harvest. We do not know where the wind may blow the seeds that we sow, nor where the seeds will land. […]
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Relationships
Last weekend, at our combined Otari and Cathedral parish Pentecost Mass with Archbishop Paul, our communities celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit. The Mass poignantly reflected the relationships the […]
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“Producing Much Fruit”
“Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit”. This was the sentence […]