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New Life

28/11/2015

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The blossoming of our trees each year can be overlooked, but we would do well to spend a moment thinking about the re-generation of Nature. It represents not only newness but also growth. We have not experienced this Spring before, and our lives are in a different place from last year. What has happened in that last year? How have we grown? 

The Christian belief in the Resurrection of Jesus is also an event that can be seen as both new and capable of helping us grow. It remains new, because it is a Divine Event outside of our time and therefore able to touch any of us at any time. His rising from death helps us make sense of the death of our loved ones. It can give us hope that we shall see them again. It gives us a bigger picture to think about than just our ordinary daily lives of work, home and play.
It helps us grow in our trust that Almighty God remains looking after His world even when so much of our "news" is of individuals making a mess of their own lives and other people's.

But for some the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection do not seem believable. And yet if we read them carefully, they are full of the sort of detail that you might want in an eye-witness's account. Two cloths that had wrapped His body, carefully folded and put to one side. The soldiers, unable to account for what happened - or were they embarrassed by being asleep on duty? Thomas not believing until he was able to touch Jesus. Eating sardines for breakfast on the beach at Galilee.
If we are to try and believe in Jesus, we must allow Him to be bigger than our unbelief. We might like to re-read the Gospel accounts and ask ourselves if they are credible. And if they are true, then what might that mean for the way I look at life? Do my loved ones who have died live on with Jesus in some way? Will I have an experience of Jesus when I have died?
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The Gospel accounts witness that Jesus showed Himself to people over a forty day period. They speak of thousands of people seeing Him. Bearing in mind that many people had seen Him before, are they likely to have been mistaken in recognising Him after he had risen? The difficulty we might have is in trying to recognise Him today in Littlehampton in 2015. We might make a start by re-reading the Gospels and by looking at the lives of people with faith.
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Lent

2/2/2013

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Fr. Dominic writes:

Lent begins on Wednesday 13th February. What, if anything, do you plan to do or stop doing?

The days of Lent are given to us in order to prepare for Easter. In 2013 it is really up to each one of us to decide what we are going to do and why.

You may find that reading a bit of the Gospel helps you think about Jesus.

You may like to come into the Church (which will be open in the daytime) to pray the Stations of the Cross.

You might make the effort to go to a weekday Mass.

You might collect your spare change and put it into a red "Missio" box.

Whatever you decide to do be clear with yourself why you are doing it. No one need know what you are doing. Remember you are doing something extra for the love you have for Jesus. The daily praying of the Rosary is something Our Lady has often asked us to do. Visiting the Sick; there are no ends of things that you could choose.


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The approach of Lent

18/2/2012

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We have almost arrived at the start of the beautiful Season of Lent. The days are growing longer and the weather seems to be moving towards Spring and away from the depths of Winter when we recognised the Christ in a baby. With our hearts and minds focussed on the greatest of Feasts : Easter we need to begin to get "our House in order". Each day could we allow ourselves some time with and for Almighty God.? Switch off all the machines and "go upstairs". Put yourself before Almighty God and wait....Offer Him your thoughts,your concerns,the people you care for. Light a Candle..The real Light of the world and ask Him for what you and your loved ones need. If you manage to do this over the next few weeks your Easter will be transformed. 
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