Tag: Love
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Love One Another
If you won the lottery would you give the money to those who have suffered abuse, to the bishops and their financial advisers, to local food kitchens, to the desperately poor in…
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Belief, Love And God
This moment came in my prayer: “I can’t believe in God. I can only love God.” I felt blessed. Many, if not most, even all, people in the world and in our human history could say that. Now it was my turn. Belief is out of reach, but love unites everyone. The human race loves…
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Love Is God
You don’t need words, though sometimes they inspiringly help, you simply need to love. Your smile, your look of understanding, your
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Covid 19 – Love One Another
Some of you will remember the Rwanda genocide, April-July 1994, and others of you will know about it. Twenty-seven years ago, but the horror was there before and since and court trials continue. An estimated 800,000 Tutsi were massacred by their Hutu neighbours and Christian sisters and brothers. Most of the country is Christian, and…
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God’s Love For Us
They are suffering because they deserve to. They missed mass on Sunday and committed a mortal sin so they deserve hell. I was taught like that at school and I know how deeply those teachers must now regret having taught the Catholic Faith in that way. Poor, pathetic, loathsome teaching – teachers, priests, grandparents,
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A World Loved By God
Northern Ireland has taught us that democracy does not work but that genuine power sharing does. The world has tried to apply that lesson to the Middle East and the Muslim world but with little success. When people vote along tribal lines the results are known before the votes are cast and counted. To claim…