by Marian McGrath | Apr 2, 2023 | Old Announcements
It is helpful at certain seasons of the year to recall what we are about when we gather for our weekly celebration. Passion Sunday is such a day. We gather to pray. We do not come to prove anything in particular to God or ourselves nor to establish our virtue but to...
by Marian McGrath | Mar 26, 2023 | Old Announcements
“I have promised and I will do it,” says the Lord (Ezekiel 37:14). What has he promised and whathas he by now done? A restoration of the people Israel under the figure of the resurrection ofthe dead; that is what he has accomplished. But the vision of the dry bones is...
by Marian McGrath | Mar 18, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
The word for baptism comes from a root that means “immerse” or “dip”, even “dye” in the ancient world. Paul told the Galatians that baptism was a clothing in Christ (3:27) and the Romans that was a burial with Christ after close association his death (6:3-4). In...
by Marian McGrath | Mar 12, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Reflections for Lent 3 – Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:4-42 Samaritan Woman at the Well. Roman catacomb, early 4 th century. “It is precisely in this that God proves his love for us: that while we were still sinners, Christ diedfor us” (Romans 5:8). While we were still...
by Marian McGrath | Mar 5, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
The Jews call Abraham their father because they spring from him. The Muslims who venerate him equally called him the “friend” — friend to God and because of his defence of his nephew Lot and his hospitality to the three visitors at Mamre, friend indeed. We...
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