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Why Zacchaeus?

… yet something compels Zacchaeus. Perhaps a yearning in him for more. Perhaps a tiredness of being shunned by his neighbours. Clearly he is ready for more, because when Jesus calls to him to offer hospitality, he is happy to do so … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy2nd Nov 20257th Nov 2025Posted inReflectionsTags:grace, lost, outcast, Tax collector, Zacchaeus

Prayer Humility

… I am not like the Pharisee. Reading his prayer though … I immediately phrased my own in my mind, “Thank you God that I am nothing like that pompous, self-serving Pharisee!” And no sooner had the thought been thought, I realised that I am in fact no better or different! [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy26th Oct 202531st Oct 2025Posted inReflectionsTags:humility, Pharisee, prayer, Tax collector

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