Dunblane Cathedral - Thought for the Day

Thoughts and reflections from the Ministers and other members of the Catheral will be posted here on a daily basis.

Published on Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:20

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ReadingTherefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the ...

Published on Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00

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Readings Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.At that time Eli, whose eyesight ...

Published on Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00

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Today's thought for the day is a reflection and thanksgiving for the life of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died on 9 April 2021, aged 99. Please click HERE for the video. ...

Published on Fri, 9 Apr 2021 00:00

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ReadingI appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual ...

Published on Wed, 7 Apr 2021 00:00

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READINGThen the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; they consecrated it as far as the ...

Published on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 00:00

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ReadingBut on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ...

Thoughts for Holy Saturday - 3 April 2021

Published on Sat, 3 Apr 2021 00:00

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ReadingNow there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of ...

Published on Fri, 2 Apr 2021 00:00

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ReadingWhile Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came by. When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared at him and said, ‘You also were ...

Thoughts for Maundy Thursday - 1 April 2021

Published on Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:41

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READINGSIf the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall pay to the slave-owner thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.Exodus 21:32When Jesus had finished ...

Reflection for Holy Wednesday - 31 March 2021

Published on Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00

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Please click HERE to view a reflection for Holy Wednesday from our Minister, Rev. Colin C. Renwick.This Easter, Dunblane Cathedral is supporting CrossReach, the social ...

Reflection for Holy Tuesday - 30 March 2021

Published on Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00

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Please click HERE to view a reflection for Holy Tuesday from our Associate Minister, Rev. Dorothy U. Anderson.This Easter, Dunblane Cathedral is supporting CrossReach, ...

Reflection for Holy Monday - 29 March 2021

Published on Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00

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Please click HERE to view a reflection for Holy Monday from our Candidate for the Ministry, Ruth Kennedy.This Easter, Dunblane Cathedral is supporting CrossReach, the ...

Published on Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00

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ReadingAnd taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he ...

Published on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00

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READINGSome Greeks were among those who had gone to Jerusalem to worship during the festival. They went to Philip (he was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and said, “Sir, we want to see ...

Published on Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:49

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ReadingAs he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace - but now it is hidden from ...

Published on Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:28

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ReadingAs he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden ...

Published on Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00

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Readings‘With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings,
with calves a ...

Published on Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00

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ReadingO my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.Psalm 22:2

ReflectionDuring the first period of lockdown last Spring when life changed ...

Published on Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00

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Even as a small child, I looked out for the first snowdrops each year. My mother, a keen gardener, always had snowdrops in her garden, and I inherited the little vase in which she ...

Published by IT Administrator on Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00

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ReadingO sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare ...

Published on Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:18

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ReadingWe know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)
Reflection Alexander ...

Published on Mon, 8 Mar 2021 22:06

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ReadingsSoon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who ...

Published on Fri, 5 Mar 2021 00:00

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READING“So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise person who built their house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the ...

Published on Wed, 3 Mar 2021 00:00

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ReadingsAt that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to ...

Published on Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:59

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ReadingsThen he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after ...

Published on Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:59

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Readings‘Hear this, you that trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,
saying, ‘When will the new moon be over
so that we ...

Published on Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00

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ReadingIn the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, ...

Published on Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00

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ReadingBut ask the animals and they will teach you; the birds of the air and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea ...

Published on Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00

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ReadingJesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but ...

Published on Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00

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Rather than a normal 'Thought for the Day', today being Ash Wednesday, we instead have an on-line service for you to watch. Please click HERE to join the service.After each online ...

Published on Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00

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READINGNow about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were ...

Published on Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00

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ReadingsBe perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.Matthew 5:48Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say ...

Published on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00

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ReadingsNow the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were ...

Published on Mon, 8 Feb 2021 00:00

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READINGWhen he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in ...

Published on Fri, 5 Feb 2021 00:00

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ReadingVery early the next morning, long before daylight, Jesus got up and left the house. He went out of town to a lonely place, where he prayed. Mark 1:35Let your hope keep ...

Published by IT Administrator on Wed, 3 Feb 2021 00:00

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Readings“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds ...

Published on Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:58

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Readings
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are human beings that you are mindful of ...

Published on Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00

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Reading:“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and ...

Published on Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingsYour word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.Psalm 119:105“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do ...

Published on Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:32

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Readings“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the ...

Published on Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingsEven if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I ...

Published on Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingFor by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to ...

Published on Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:10

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READING‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my ...

Published on Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00

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Reading‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. ...

Published on Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:49

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ReadingsYou hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour’s eye.
(Matthew 7:5)Then the mother of the ...

Published on Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingMy one desire is to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and to share in His sufferings in growing conformity with His death, in hope of somehow attaining the ...

Published on Fri, 8 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingThe holy God asks, "Who compares with me? Is anyone my equal?" Look at the evening sky! Who created the stars? Who gave them each a name? Who leads them like an army? The ...

Published on Wed, 6 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingArise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.For darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness ...

Published on Mon, 4 Jan 2021 00:00

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READINGTherefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. Like obedient ...

Published on Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:31

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ReadingWhen you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that ...

Published on Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingsHe has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end ...

Published on Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:44

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ReadingAfter Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the ...

Christingle 5 - Thursday 24 December 2020

Published by IT Administrator on Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Christingle 4 - Wednesday 23 December 2020

Published on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Advent Reflection 4 - Wednesday 23 December 2020

Published on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00

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Over Advent, as a change to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 4, ...

Christingle 3 - Tuesday 22 December 2020

Published on Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Published on Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Published on Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingAnd Mary said,
‘My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. ...

Published on Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Published on Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00

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READINGIn those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of ...

Advent Reflection 3 - Wednesday 16 December 2020

Published on Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00

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Over Advent, as a change to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 3 ...

Published on Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:32

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Readings In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep. Then God said : “Let there ...

Published on Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingNot that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not ...

Advent Reflection 2 - Wednesday 9 December 2020

Published on Wed, 9 Dec 2020 00:00

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As a change over Advent to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 2 ...

Published on Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:00

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READINGSee how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has ...

Published on Fri, 4 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingAnd that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them ...

Advent Reflection 1 - Wednesday 2 December 2020

Published on Wed, 2 Dec 2020 00:00

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Over Advent, as a change to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 1 ...

Published on Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:15

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ReadingsAs he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. ...

Published on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 06:47

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Reading The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, ...

Published on Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingOne day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out, and while they were sailing he fell ...

Published on Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:46

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ReadingThen Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ ...

Published on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingI plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my ...

Published on Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingOn the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave ...

Published on Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:33

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Reading A voice cries out:
‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up, ...

Published on Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingTherefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain ...

Published on Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00

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READINGWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:‘Blessed are the poor ...

Published on Mon, 9 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingThe LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt……… "Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that ...

Published on Thu, 5 Nov 2020 23:56

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ReadingIt was told King David, ‘The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.’ So David went and brought up the ark of God ...

Published on Wed, 4 Nov 2020 00:00

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READINGThen Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ...

Published on Sun, 1 Nov 2020 22:26

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Reading –When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:‘Blessed are the poor ...

Published on Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingNow when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him ...

Published on Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:31

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Graham Leishman StewartMay the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields ...

Published on Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingPaul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and ...

Published on Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingGod is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, ...

Published on Fri, 23 Oct 2020 04:20

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ReadingsThen the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favour of him. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said ...

Published on Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingsDo not be afraid, land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.
Surely the Lord has done great things!
Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
...

Published on Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00

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Reading
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all ...

Published on Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00

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READINGThen Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people. And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them ...

Published on Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingLORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a ...

Published on Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingPraise the LORD from the earth,
you sea monsters and all deeps,
fire and hail, snow and frost,
stormy wind fulfilling his command!

Published on Fri, 9 Oct 2020 00:10

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READINGLet me sing for my beloved
my love-song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and ...

Published on Tue, 6 Oct 2020 23:37

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Reading
Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the ...

Published on Mon, 5 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingsThen they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the ...

Published on Fri, 2 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingWhen they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied. ...

Published on Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingsFor six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in their yield; but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of ...

Published on Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingOn the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD ...

Published on Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:18

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ReadingRejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer ...

Published on Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00

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Reading In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was ...

Published on Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:48

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READINGThen Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to ...

Published on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingRemember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any ...