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Advent by British Gas

I don’t suggest you phone them just to check this, I wish I had recorded it. I was sorting out sunday’s sermon at the same time as trying to convince British Gas that we exist (so I can quickly change to a green supplier!!) ‘Cheesy music’ Thanks for waiting, one of our operators will be with you shortly’ ‘Cheesy music’ None of ‘our’ power stations are on the ‘dirty 30′ list ‘Cheesy music’ Did you know that British Gas has an offshore wind-farm program to supply green electricity to the UK? ‘Cheesy Music’ Thanks for waiting, Jesus will be...

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Our Daily Advent

Imagine a theatre, an Elizabethan theatre perhaps, the ones with a stage surrounded by seating and an arena for standing viewers. It’s packed, there is a new play, the program has the title The Beginning of the Gospel about Jesus Christ, the son of God.’ The crowd are in hushed anticipation, not sure of what to expect, jostling one another for position to be the first to see who comes out onto the stage, to find out about the new story, the new play. SUDDENLY a curtain above the stage flies open and a trio of trumpeters step out...

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  • non-violence

    This mornings reflection was about non-violence and the work of Pax Christi. The aim of such reflections is, I guess to make us think, listening to the breakfast conversation following this it certainly provided food for thought. But the reference to the beatitudes was mentioned, blessed be the peace makers. A wonderful book by Elias Chacour ‘We belong to the land’ has a passage about these sayings. In the Aramaic the word ‘blessed’ has an active meaning, rather than the passive nature of the English translation blessed. He would read it Get up, move, go ahead you peacemakers… Far more indicative of the nature of non-violence as it necessarily requires action as apposed to pacifism which is seemingly passive in nature.

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