St Paul refers to himself as “servant” and “the very least of all the saints”. In doing so he echoes the call of Jesus upon us all: “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all”. (Mark 9: 35) A willingness to be a servant of others is a core […]
Daily Devotion 19th August 2018
1 You, O God, have overthrown usand have cast us clean away.You have dealt with us in anger;now restore us, Lord, we pray. 2 You have torn the land asunder;you have made the land to shake.O come down and mend its fractures,for you caused the earth to quake. 3 You have made your people suffertimes […]
Daily Devotion by Stewart Cutler
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles – for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given to me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in […]
Daily Devotion 17th August 2018
So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called ‘the uncircumcision’ by those who are called ‘the circumcision’ – a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands – remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of […]
Daily Devotion 16th August
You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the […]
Daily Devotion 15th August 2018
I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love towards all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a […]
Daily Devotion 14th August
In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance towards redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory. Reflection It’s astonishing how […]
Daily Devotion 13th August
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan […]
Daily Devotion 12th August 2018
1 From foes and all who threaten me,O God, be my defence.2 Save me from evildoers’ handsand men of violence. 3 See how they lie in wait for me!Ferocious men combineAgainst me, LORD, for no offenceor sinful deed of mine. 4 I have not done them any wrong,yet they prepare to fight.Arise to help me […]
Daily Devotion 11th August
Born in 1193 in Assisi of a wealthy family, Clare caught the joy of a new vision of the gospel from Francis’ preaching. Escaping from home, first to the Benedictines and then to a Béguine-style group, she chose a contemplative way of life when she founded her own community, which lived in corporate poverty understood […]