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The Octave day of Pentecost, which we call Trinity Sunday, celebrates the ultimate fulfillment of God’s purpose in our Redemption, summed up for us today in John’s heavenly vision: ‘A door was opened in heaven’, he tells us, and by way of that door he sees God’s identity and life.
Read moreTogether with Christmas and Easter, Pentecost recalls the foundational events of our faith: the Incarnation of the divine Word at Christmas, Christ’s suffering and triumph over death in the Passion and Resurrection, and finally, the sending of the Holy Spirit, which we celebrate today, also called Whitsunday.
Read moreThe Holy Spirit does not descend to lead us home: He arrives to be our home. “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”…
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So in the Gospel words of Jesus to us today, he tells of how the Holy Spirit will empower his followers to keep his commandments, to love as he loved, and will teach them the truth and bind them to God, and in God, for ever.
Read more“He dwells with you, and will be in you.” Humanity is divided in so many ways and along so many lines. Some of these distinctions are part of that glorious symphony of creation…
Read moreThe Church embraces the season of growth, with Rogationtide on one side and Harvest Thanksgiving on the other. And we are taught in this that every endeavour is to be held together by prayer and thanksgiving to God…
Read moreChrist Ascends to reign on high, and in that glory He also establishes the hope of our calling, our eternal joy obtained, by Him who loves us— “I go to prepare a place for you.” The way is at last prepared, so that we who longed for a peace and blessing beyond the world’s fleeting treasures, might follow after Him.
Read moreThe Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ is part and parcel of his resurrection, and these are the logical and necessary consequence of his willing and sinless death on the Cross, and the vindication and evidence of his divinity…
Read moreIn a wonderful way, Eastertide is all about the discovery and development of a new and better religious language: “These things have I spoken unto you in parables: the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in parables, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.”
Read moreIn the light of the Resurrection we are to find ourselves free from the world’s sinful bondage, and free, therefore, to offer our hearts to God with faith and thanksgiving.
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