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One Minute Reflection – 3 April – 'O Good Shepherd, Who carry the whole flock on Your shoulders ...'

One Minute Reflection – 3 April – ‘O Good Shepherd, Who carry the whole flock on Your shoulders …’

One Minute Reflection – 3 April – “The Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary” and the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross – 1 Peter 2:21-25, John 10:11-16 “I am the good shepherd and I know mine and mine know me.”- John 10:14 REFLECTION – “Let us consider Christ, our shepherd …. He rejoices in those sheep of His that are around Him and goes in search of those, that stray. Mountains and forests…

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Thought for the Day - 19 July - ‘You whom my soul loves’

Thought for the Day – 19 July – ‘You whom my soul loves’

Thought for the Day – 19 July – Friday of the Fifteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the memorial of St Macrina the Younger – sister of St Gregory of Nyssa (c 335–395) Father of the Church

The Full Prayer as paraphrased in our Morning Offering today – This excerpt from St Gregory of Nyssa’s commentary on the Song of Songs (Cap. 2: PG 44, 802), using the imagery of Psalm 23, appeals to the…

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Our Morning Offering - 19 July - O Good Shepherd

Our Morning Offering – 19 July – O Good Shepherd

Our Morning Offering – 19 July – Friday of the Fifteenth week in Ordinary Time and the memorial of St Macina the Younger – sister of St Gregory of Nyssa

Below is an edited and simplified version  of St Gregory’s famous “To the Good Shepherd” prayer.

O Good Shepherd By St Gregory Of Nyssa (c 335–395) Father of the Church

O Good Shepherd, Who carries the whole flock on Your shoulders, Where are You…

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