Category Archives: preparing for Sunday with poetry

Blessed

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

Blessed are those who know God’s poverty:             the emptying out of all that is not God.  Blessed are those who grieve with God,             who know the sorrow of heaven,                         who nestle in God’s bosom. Blessed are those who have the mind of God,            not … Continue reading →

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Regret

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

What happens when we stop asking questions? What if instead we had kept on, like a child of God asking why? why? but why? If we had trusted enough to stay in our cautious curiosity, allowed our anger, even outrage to feed a sceptical hope. He was our … Continue reading →

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Render

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

Give to God what is God’s, he said, and some, taking him at his Word, went out to prepare the holy sacrifice.

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