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Blessed are those who mourn: For they will be comforted...
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Why is it that we sense some people are not really present to us and are simply just unable to listen? The great German theologian, JB Metz, gives a good answer to this question, in his spiritual classic, Poverty of Spirit. Metz believed the lack of ‘poverty of...
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The Francis Papacy: A Gift of the Holy Spirit for our times...
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To pray for the living and the dead...
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To bury the dead...
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To forgive offences willingly...
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To clothe the naked...
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To comfort the afflicted...
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Be mindful of prisoners, as if sharing their imprisonment. (Letter to the Hebrews) That most loveable of popes, St Pope John XXIII, the Pope of the Council, very quickly showed the priorities of his Petrine ministry by being ‘mindful of prisoners’. His action spoke volumes about his pastoral...