An online presence for St Francis Anglican Church, Tairua, NZ
For divorce to be raised as an issue in the Gospels, it was obviously prevalent.
Even Joseph, when he was grappling with the immaculate conception of Jesus, was considering divorcing Mary as a way of saving face – before the intervention of the angel … [To read more, click on title]
When we love we want to share. The Collect for today reads ‘… give us the happiness to share, with full measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, all that you give us.’
This prayer encourages us to show Love in practical ways, by sharing … [To read more, click on title]
I recall when praying beside the 3000-year-old foundations of Solomon’s Temple, in 1982, placing a prayer for world peace in a crevice there. The so-called ‘wailing wall’ has attracted pilgrims from the nations ever since the Temple was destroyed by Rome in 70AD ….
We are accepting donations to assist the relief efforts in Fiji after the recent cyclone
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