Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 2 This Advent, I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favorite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Tag: Preparation
Preparation: Too busy
Christmas, a time of stress. All the preparations to make for Christmas, buying the perfect present, wrapping, sending, writing all the cards, sending. Then there's the house to clean and decorate, and a tree to put up indoors. Then there's all the festive food to buy and cook. All whilst holding down a full time …
Preparation: The sixth virgin
Got oil? The penultimate Advent blog. It is about being in it for the long haul. Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but …
Preparation: The love of Mary
The fourth candle: Love In this final week of Advent, our attention is on love. The following Scripture verses may sound very familiar: Look for the call to love in these words. Teacher, which command in God’s Law is the most important?” Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer …
Preparation: The hope of the Patriarchs
The first Candle: Hope. The first candle of Advent is all about hope. Think about hope as you hear Lamentations 3: 21-24: “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is …
Preparation: Creation
Creation In the last blog I said that God does nothing without preparing tings first. The creation story shows this if we split the account of 6 days into two sets of 3: The 6 days of creation Preparation Population Day 1 Day 4 And God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light. …
Preparation: Welcome to Advent
Welcome to Advent Advent started not as the Advent Calendars would have you think on 1st December not on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. At least this year that means two days extra chocolate (or whatever your calendar contains). Advent is a season of preparation. God does nothing without preparation, as the next few blogs …
Making an ass of myself 