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Church Inclusive: Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost 25 September 2022-Season of Creation
Beloved Franciscans As we celebrate National Heritage Day on Saturday, 24 September, we give thanks for the people and cultures that have enriched our lives, whether we’re born into them…
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Church Inclusive: Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost 18 September 2022-Season of Creation
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, What an exciting and blessed event we celebrated this week with the safe birthing of Eliyana (The meaning of her name is “God has answered our prayer”).…
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Church Inclusive: Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost 11 September 2022-Season Of Creation
Dear Stfrancis, Dearly beloved Franciscans, One of the most transformative graces gifted to us by God, is the gift of wonder. Children seem to be especially receptive to a sense of wonder,…
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Church Inclusive: Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost 4 September 2022-Season Of Creation
Dear Stfrancis, Dearly Beloved Franciscans As we celebrate both the natural season of Springtime, as well as the liturgical Season of Creation, I am reminded of parts of a Psalm…
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Church Inclusive: Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost 28 August 2022-Month of Compassion
Dear StFrancis, Dearly Beloved Franciscans, So often we feel that we live in a hostile world, however, when we return to Genesis we see that God created the earth to…
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Church Inclusive: Tenth Sunday After Pentecost 14 August 2022-Month of Compassion
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, As we continue to be reminded of the undeniable importance of compassion in our Christian lives, it is fascinating to note that the words *passion* and *patience*…
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Church Inclusive: Ninth Sunday After Pentecost 7 August 2022-Month of Compassion
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, August is the month which the Anglican Church in Southern Africa sets aside to remind us of our call to be enleshments of our *compassionate* Christ. It…
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Church Inclusive: Eighth Sunday After Pentecost 31 July 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, As we celebrate our Children-Youth Service on Sunday, it is with a deep sense of awareness that in a way a child was the first “sacrament” that…
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Church Inclusive: Seventh Sunday After Pentecost 24 July 2022
Dearly beloved Franciscans, Our Sunday Gospel reading has 3 well-known words : “Ask… Seek… Knock…” These words indicate some effort on our part, but note that these are not “……
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Church Inclusive: Sixth Sunday After Pentecost 17 July 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, Our Gospel reading for Sunday ends with some very telling words in verse 42, Luke 10 : *… only one thing is needed*. What do you believe…