PERMANENT DEACON TALKING
Permanent Deacon Talking is a compilation sort of podcast of spiritual thoughts , prayers and homilies for Sundays. It started with inspiration from Fr Dan Crosby OFM.Cap. Each HOMILY POD is based on the Sunday Mass readings and the purpose is to provide an opportunity to sound out reflections on these, wherever they come from. Each week the scriptures offer a new place to invite the Holy Spirit once more into our lives to explain the Word of God in our hearts and minds. The music is for reflection, to give thanks and sometimes just pure joy. It might be helpful to spend a minute or two with the Sunday readings before listening in order to let anything there touch your heart and speak to you personally, deep in your soul. Sound clips are used with permission of Learn25, The Thomas Merton Centre, and The Merton Legacy Trust. Learn25 are also the original copyright holders of many recordings made by Fr Dan Crosby and Fr Donald Goergen. These can be heard at Learn25.com. Thank you Mike Anderson , in particular, for Tongues of Fire music ministry, which has never been far from my thoughts when it comes to perfect music for Mass.
PERMANENT DEACON TALKING
EASTER TWO - THOMAS
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Gospel John 20:19-31 (sundaygospel.co.uk)
Opening Prayer - Fr Don on the Universe
Why did Thomas, the faithful servant and disciple of Christ cry out from the depth of his love:
“ You are my Lord and my God!”. Where does this faith come from?
Some people say that Faith is a gift. Some have it and others, for some reason have not been given this gift. I think we need to be wary of thinking that because it can lead to elitism. I am better than , or I am specially selected or they don’t deserve this gift. Wouldn’t it be like forcing someone to love? It cannot be done. Love has to be given and received freely to be true love.Doesn’t faith have to be given and received freely in order to be true faith.?
Meditatio TalKS SERIES A 2005 LAURENCE FREEMAN OSB. Paying Attention
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