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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: November 2014

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 9 November 2014. Sermon at Parish Mass 3rd Sunday before Advent (Remembrance Sunday) 2014. Baden Powell may have come up with the boy scouts, but you might think from today’s gospel that it was Jesus who invented the girl guides, at least if the motto of the wise bridesmaids was “be prepared”. How is God at work? But the prophets always insisted that God would not...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 9 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 2 August 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 9 2015. Exodus 16.2-4,9-15. Now I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “this is the year of Mark, why are we having all these readings from John’s Gospel? The only thing that ultimately will satisfy us is God, for whom we were created. “You made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they fin...God is ...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: August 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 16 August 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2015. Ethiopian migrants pray before an icon of the Blessed Virgin in their tent church at Calais. Photo credit: Fr Giles Fraser. So when the fullness of time had come, says St Paul in Galatians, “God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: April 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 26 April 2015. Sermon Easter 4 2015. 1 John 3.16-24. The Good Shepherd is a familiar image from art and hymns but perhaps we miss its earthiness, and the startling way that Jesus uses it. So let’s try to think about it afresh. Jesus also says that the Good Shepherd stays with the sheep. He is not like the hired hand who runs away when danger threatens or the g...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: January 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 18 January 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass The Baptism of Christ 2015. So it is Jesus who receives the baptism that John has said will be given to the people. Why is this? The Creator Spirit is poured out to save us from sin and death and to create us anew as beloved children of God. The letter to the Hebrews speaks of this idea of human solidarity in Christ:. Since, ...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: May 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 31 May 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass, Trinity Sunday 2015. The Mystery of Life, Image and Gift of the Holy Trinity. 8220;How can these things be? In this intimate scene, when Jesus and Nicodemus are talking together by night, Jesus chooses to reveal the most intimate secret: God is love, God is relationship, and Jesus has come so that we can share in that relationsh...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: July 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 26 July 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 8 2015. 2 Kings 4.42-44. Tabgha is a beautiful place. Located on the north shore of the lake of Galilee, a Benedictine monastery nestles in acres of lush tropical gardens, filled with bougainvillea and hibiscus blooms, shaded by stately trees, watered by clear springs that come bubbling up from the ground. The Gospels sa...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 8 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 26 July 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 8 2015. 2 Kings 4.42-44. Tabgha is a beautiful place. Located on the north shore of the lake of Galilee, a Benedictine monastery nestles in acres of lush tropical gardens, filled with bougainvillea and hibiscus blooms, shaded by stately trees, watered by clear springs that come bubbling up from the ground. The Gospels sa...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: August 2014

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 24 August 2014. Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 10 2014. Imagine if Nigel Farage wanted to ask his UKIP supporters what being British was all about, and he took them to Brussels to ask them. Or imagine Alex Salmond, the Scottish leader, bringing his people to London to ask them what Scottishness meant to them. So Caesarea Philippi proclaims that the Roman Empire, op...

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 10 2015

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Writing on the Walls of Nineveh. Catholic Contextual urban Theology, Mimetic Theory, Contemplative Prayer. And other random ramblings. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Sermon at Parish Mass Trinity 10 2015. 1 Kings 19.4-8. Ephesians 4.25-5.2. John 6.35,41-58 (incorporating next week's section as next week is the Assumption). But I recall one wedding which was a nuptial Mass. Afterwards one of the guests, a lady in a posh frock and very smart hat, interrogated me about the service. 8220;No you don’t! I assured her ...