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John-Francis' Blog: JESUS SAID: ‘CALL NO ONE ON EARTH YOUR MOTHER…’

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Thursday, July 16, 2015. JESUS SAID: ‘CALL NO ONE ON EARTH YOUR MOTHER…’. Well, of course he didn’t say that. What he said was: “You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.” (Matthew 23:9). But today, might. He have said that? And what will happen when women bishops are liturgically addressed? To those who object to calling a priest Father (and, by extension, Mother) there are man...

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John-Francis' Blog: LAMENTING LOST LONDON

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Wednesday, February 04, 2015. Devastated to discover that Cafe Lido in Great Castle Street, W1 has closed! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a priest, spiritual director and accredited pastoral supervisor  (Association of Pastoral Supervisors and Educators - APSE) living in south-east London.  I also organise pilgrimages to the Holy Land.  You can find out more from my website: www. View my complete profile. S Teresa of Avila.

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John-Francis' Blog: ENCOUNTERING THE GIFT - Reflections on the Presentation of Christ during a retreat for Spiritual Directors in training

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Sunday, February 01, 2015. ENCOUNTERING THE GIFT - Reflections on the Presentation of Christ during a retreat for Spiritual Directors in training. Old Man, you’ve sown the years. Longing for the harvest, hoping. For the green shoot to appear. Fragrant with perfection. He is here. Waiting to be purified, waiting to be crucified. And His Mother, offering her Lamb,. Gives Him to your open arms. So you can finally die in peace. THE 201...

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John-Francis' Blog: HUMANITY’S CAPACITY FOR NEGATIVE TRANSFIGURATION

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Thursday, August 06, 2015. HUMANITY’S CAPACITY FOR NEGATIVE TRANSFIGURATION. Instead of seeing these refugees as people the reporting seems to de-humanise them and they become the focus of anger and hatred. Is this one of the consequences of our being a secular society which does not want to recognise the power of spirituality for good (yes, and for ill)? Perhaps we need to remember this in the face of so much fear and hatred.

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John-Francis' Blog: DENY YOURSELF AND TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Sunday, March 01, 2015. DENY YOURSELF AND TAKE UP YOUR CROSS. Sermon preached at the Church of All Saints, Blackheath. At Parish Mass on Lent 2. March 1st, 2015). 8220;If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves. And take up their cross and follow me.”. DISCIPLESHIP AND THE PASSION OF CHRIST. Sometimes the choice is clear, but at other times it isn’t. What we are called to do is to seek to have the eye of...This is...

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John-Francis' Blog: SOME REFLECTIONS ON PRIESTLY SPIRITUALITY

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Thursday, March 19, 2015. SOME REFLECTIONS ON PRIESTLY SPIRITUALITY. Having been invited to write an article on Priestly Spirituality* my first thought was how difficult it is to define what we actually mean. By ‘spirituality’. For me spirituality concerns my need to respond to the Other so that I am taken beyond myself and grow into the fullness of life. Or, to put it another way: that which is most real in me desiring to reac...

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John-Francis' Blog: THERE IS NO LONGER MALE OR FEMALE: FOR ALL OF YOU ARE ONE IN CHRIST JESUS *

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Sunday, May 10, 2015. THERE IS NO LONGER MALE OR FEMALE: FOR ALL OF YOU ARE ONE IN CHRIST JESUS *. The matter of male-headship has just re-emerged with the announcement that the Rev. Rod Thomas,. Of the fundamentalist group. Has been chosen to be ordained as a bishop. What would happen to their sense of power if they had to assume the feminine? Of identity. I also note the way in which those cultures which assert such norms (i&...

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John-Francis' Blog: MORIAR IN SANCTAM CATHOLICAM ET APOSTOLICAM FIDEM DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI*

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A place to share some reflections on faith, journeys and life in general. Monday, May 25, 2015. MORIAR IN SANCTAM CATHOLICAM ET APOSTOLICAM FIDEM DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI*. When revising my Will recently I came across this statement of Faith:. It was developed by the Guild of All Souls. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a priest, spiritual director and accredited pastoral supervisor  (Association of Pastoral Supervisors and Educators - APSE) living in south-east London.  I also org...Our Father;...