Reflections from Turvey Abbey
SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT Isaiah 11:1-10Matthew 3:1-12 While last week’s Gospel text invited us to ‘Stay Awake!’, the message this week is no less urgent: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of God is close at hand.’ John the Baptist walks into our Advent landscape with a message that is uncompromising. His cry of ‘Repent’ is for …
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WEEK ONESATURDAY Isaiah 30:19-21. 23-26Matthew 9:35-10:1. 6-8 Read through the Scripture texts and then look back over your week. Where have you seen the ‘wasteland rejoice and bloom’?Have you heard God say ‘Courage! Do not be afraid.’?Are there things for which your heart can shout for joy?What do you most need and desire for this …
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WEEK ONEFRIDAY Isaiah 29:17-24Matthew 9:27-31 ‘What page, what passage of the inspired books of the Old and New Testaments is not the truest guides for human life?’ Ch 73: This Rule only a Beginning of Perfection Read through the Scripture texts. Choose one and copy out the whole text. Notice the words and phrases which …
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