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Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Easter O God of peace, whose Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, was brought back from the dead to be the great Shepherd, grant that we may be led by him out of darkness and death into the fullness of life eternal; through the same Christ our Lord, who lives and reig…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fifth Sunday of Easter God of love, may we abide in your presence and so abide in your love: as we freely receive your love, let us freely share with others all that you have given us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, for ever …
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Lent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Lent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Second Sunday of Lent To you, O Lord, be praise and glory, for the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ over death and hell; in him we are more than conquerors, for he has called us into eternal life. Lord, make us worthy of our calling that we may serve you in love and peace; th…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Lord, we seek to make our home in you, for in you is our hope, in you is our peace. May we abide in you as you are in us. Grant, O Lord, in turning to you we may find new vision, new strength and new love, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and rei…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Second Sunday of Easter Christ, our risen Lord, no tomb can keep you, No door is closed to you, ne heart is barred to you, No mind is shut off from you. Come lead us out of the darkness into light, Out of doubt into faith, out of death into life eternal: Jesus Christ our rise…
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1st Samuel 17: 32-49 Psalm 9: 9-20 2nd Corinthians 6: 1-13 Mark 4: 35-41 When we are faced with apparently insurmountable problems, as Christians we can have full confidence in our God and his saving grace; this is the clear message …
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year C
by Susan Thorne
05 May 2013 LWPT Meditation Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 5:1-9 If we read the context of the passage in Revelation in today’s lectionary, the picture that the writer gives us of the New Jerusalem/heaven/eternal life is complicated and disturbingly unfamili…
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C
by Susan Thorne
12 May 2013 LWPT Meditation Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17 John 17:20-26 “Believe in the Lord Jesus”, so said the apostle Paul when a man asked what he “must do to be saved” (Acts 16:31). What must we do to be saved? We have to do nothing but believe. As soon a…
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 1st Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 “Put not your trust in princes” (Psalm 146:3). It is a well-known verse, and provides a warning not to rely on the wisdom of humans, however exalted. The psalm catalogues the…
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39 I used to be a “Jehovah’s Witness”. I was very familiar with Romans 6:7 because it was used as the basis for a particular doctrine. We were taught that anyone who had…
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 1st Kings 21:1-10, 15-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 When God, through Jesus, offered grace to sinful people, he was not saying that sin was of no consequence. It is; it cost the life of a sinless saviour. No one who…
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1 Samuel 15: 34-16: 13 Psalm 20 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10, 14-17 Mark 4: 26-34 Just as when a man plants seed and does not understand how it grows (Mark 4 v 27), and just as a tiny mustard seed grows to a plant almost like a tree (Mark 4…
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8 There is a chain-reaction in our reading from Romans this week. In Paul’s letter, he tells us to rejoice in our sufferings (Romans 5:3). There are many reasons…
LWPT Meditations - Day of Pentecost - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Day of Pentecost - Year C
by Susan Thorne
19 May 2013 LWPT Meditation Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34,35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 I grew up in a church that referred to the Holy Spirit as “it”, and eventually I became a member of a cult that reinforced that understanding. What they called “holy spirit” was just…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd Samuel 11: 26-12: 13 Psalm 51: 1-12 Ephesians 4: 1-16 John 6: 24-35 We can usually see what is wrong with other people. David saw immediately the injustice committed by the rich man in the story that Nathan related. What he did…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 If the parable of the Rich Fool has ever been relevant before, it is certainly painfully relevant now that we are in the midst of a financial crisis. Do you remember the fall of North…
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A