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  1. There is no resurrection without the cross: it is a fundamental law of life and this should be a reality for all Christians. Is it the case? 1:49 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  2. He promised to be with two or more who are gathered in His Name: i.e. living in His Love, empty of self, open to each other to love. 1:48 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  3. Jesus actually lives in us if we are silent enough to let Him in. He directs our thoughts and deeds. We can find him among our companions. 1:47 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  4. As you grow older you know fewer answers, but THE ANSWER is available; He is Jesus himself who directs your thoughts and actions. 1:44 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  5. We can only know God if we are silent, if we are empty of self. God speaks to us when we are silent. Only then do we learn to trust HIM 1:43 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  6. Secondly that when Jesus was dying on the cross God the Father did not intervene. Jesus felt God had forsaken Him; Jesus' God was silent 1:42 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  7. It teaches me two things. First that we fill the spaces of Jesus and Mary: either on the cross or beside someone else who is on the cross 1:40 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  8. I love my piece of wood carved like this. It came from Loppiano, the town where people live the Gospel 24/7; from the carpentry work shop 1:37 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  9. Some crucifixes have a hollow in the wood where the figure of Jesus is, in the shape of the crucified; the same for Mary his mother watching 1:36 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  10. GOOD Friday: what a name for a day that is when the one we love the most goes through the bitterest agony! It is GOOD only because of LOVE 1:35 PM Apr 6th via TweetDeck
  11. Let life help each person to become saturated with the Word of God, to make the Word of God the life of his/her life, the daily priority 1:46 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  12. Mary, mother of the Word whose whole life was lived in conformity to the Word of God, is the true icon of Jesus "par excellence". 1:44 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  13. The icon of the true disciple of Jesus is Mary of Nazareth who treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. 1:43 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  14. The disciple Jesus loved with the other disciples went aside to Jesus while he explained the parables, opening their mysteries 1:41 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  15. The icon of the true disciple of Jesus is the one Jesus loved. He put his head near Jesus' heart at the last supper 1:40 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  16. Mary of Bethany chose the better part "listening to Jesus". It will not be taken away from her. She does not need to get up and help Maartha 1:39 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  17. The icon of a true disciple of Jesus is Mary of Bethany, who anointed the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. Mary sat at Jesus' feet 1:37 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  18. Pride says: "go it alone - I can manage without anybody". That is simply not true: we are all interdependent, in spirit & for material needs 1:35 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  19. Best to learn about the Word as Life with help from others. In fact it is essential because nobody journeys to God alone: we go together 1:31 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  20. After that it is possible to speak: and it takes years and is a bumpy road, because it is not easy to empty self of all that is not the Word 1:29 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
  • Name Fr.Jonathan
  • Location Leyland
  • Web http://www.stmary...
  • Bio Born in 1943 in India - army family: eventually became a monk and then sent on to parishes run by Amepleforth Abbey. I find being with parishioners a delight.
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