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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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A Season of Pentecost – The Franciscan July 2022
Welcome to the Pentecost edition of The Franciscan for 2022! In this edition we share: Rectors Reflections The Heart Of The Matter Day Of Prayer For South Africa The…
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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…
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Church Inclusive: Fifth Sunday After Pentecost 10 July 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, It is our honour and calling to keep on bearing witness to the sanctity of all life always. In this way we counterbalance the many violent deaths…
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Church Inclusive: Third Sunday After Pentecost 26 June 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans As we hear the Hebrew Scripture Reading this Sunday about Elijah and Elisha, I am struck by the invitation that this holds for so many of us…
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Church Inclusive: Second Sunday of Pentecost 19 June 2022
Dear StFrancis, Dearly Beloved Franciscans With the bitterly cold weather that we’ve recently experienced and will be facing in this coming week as well, what a blessing that we were…