True humility is not feeling bad about yourself, or having a low opinion of yourself, or thinking of yourself as inferior to others. True humility frees us from preoccupation with […]
Read moreAuthor: Edward Finlayson
I'm simply a computer geek who has been in that industry for a couple of decades now and loves living in Brixham since moving here a little over ten years ago. I'm helping out with this site and will do all I can to make it successful. I have lots of fun ideas but I'm sure that you do to, so let's have them please... No, seriously let us know what you would like to see and the sorts of thing you want this site to be capable of doing (making coffee excluded, I've been trying to do that for years)I am the door
Jesus warns that we can be excluded if we do not strive to enter by the narrow door. What did Jesus mean by this expression? The door which Jesus had in […]
Read moreHelp ANYONE who is in need
Through today’s Gospel, Christ calls us to fulfil the role of the Good Samaritan and help ANYONE who is in need, regardless of societal barriers. This parable is an attack […]
Read moreBlessing of the bread and the cup
Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand points to the superabundance of the Lord’s Supper or Eucharist. In the Old Covenant bread and wine were offered as a sacrifice of thanksgiving […]
Read moreShare in the life of the Holy Trinity
The mission of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit are the same – to reveal the glory of God and to share that glory with us by uniting us in […]
Read moreHe gave them the Holy Spirit
The gift of Pentecost – the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the spiritual gifts and blessings of God – are made possible through the death, resurrection, and ascension of […]
Read moreJesus prays for each one of us
The longest recorded prayer of Jesus is found in the Gospel of John, the “high priestly” prayer which Jesus prayed aloud at his last supper meal with his disciples (John […]
Read moreHoly Spirit who gives life
As Jesus approaches the hour he was to be glorified – through his death on the cross and his resurrection – he revealed more fully to his disciples the person […]
Read moreA new way of love
There is no greater glory and honour that one can offer than the willing sacrifice of one’s life for the sake of another. This is the true nature of love […]
Read moreThe Good Shepherd
God used the image of a shepherd to describe his covenant relationship and care for his chosen people who were called by his name (Psalm 80:1 and 100:3). God called […]
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