Audio version We are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure, to make it clear that such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us. From 2 Corinthians 4: 7-15 This is a beautiful and reassuring image! All of us have gifts and each of us is given many opportunities to use…
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The Lord says: “I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and these shall feed you on knowledge and discretion.” From Jeremiah 3: 14-17 The image of God as a shepherd goes way back into the Old Testament. As our scriptures come from a society that was closer to the pastoral way of life,…
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The life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. From Galatians 2: 19-20 St Bridget lived in the 1300s when the options for women were marriage and family or a monastic life. St Bridget managed to live both. She…
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I will rise and go through the City; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my heart loves. … The watchmen came upon me on their rounds in the CIty: “Have you seen him whom my heart loves?” Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my heart…
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