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Peace be with you | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. Love and Holiness →. Peace be with you. April 12, 2015. 2nd Sunday of Easter. By Deacon Tony van Vuuren. Of all the ways Jesus could have greeted the apostles on that first day of the week, he chose four simple words:. Peace be with you. But he didn’t. He chose instead to offer an informal, everyday greeting; a greeting nevertheless that captures the heart of the Easter message. . By all accounts, they ...
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Love and Holiness | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. Peace be with you. Corpus Christi Year B 2015 →. May 20, 2015. 7TH SUNDAY OF EASTER. John 17:11-19 and 1 John 4:11-16. It was Peter who said, Love covers a multitude of sins. When he denied Jesus, Jesus didn’t cut him off. He went on loving him. And what did he ask of Peter in return? Take care of my sheep. In other words, to prove his love by caring for his brothers and sisters in the community. When w...
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ONLY HAVE FAITH | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. Corpus Christi Year B 2015. FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY →. June 29, 2015. 13th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME. Rev Tony van Vuuren. Do not be afraid; only have faith. What does that mean to a family who has lost a child to an incurable disease after 4 years of trying to keep her alive, whatever the cost? And so I can go on. It is far easier said than done; to not be afraid; and only have faith! Just because we don...
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Corpus Christi Year B 2015 | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. ONLY HAVE FAITH →. Corpus Christi Year B 2015. June 8, 2015. In the days following this attack parishioners returned to the church and on their knees prayed before reverently consuming the Blessed Sacrament; picking the hosts up off the ground with their tongues. And I remember saying to myself ‘That’s what I would have done! In the Gospel reading Jesus tells his disciples at the Last Supper that his ow...
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4th Sunday of Lent | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. Finding grace in the wilderness. Holy Thursday →. 4th Sunday of Lent. March 30, 2015. John 3: 14-21. Ephesians 2: 4-10. Rev Tony van Vuuren. The cross reveals God to us, not as a distant divine observer, but as one who shares our joy, pain and our death. A God who willingly soaks up our systematic injustices and personal sin like a sponge, but gives back only love! Run to the Mountain. But the cross we ...
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Good Friday 2015 | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. Peace be with you →. April 6, 2015. In his response to ISIS, Fr Barron, the Catholic evangelist, speaking on his Word on Fire website says We hold up the cross as a taunt to you because we know that God’s love is greater than anything you’ve got. We are the people of the Cross. We live in a world fuelled by hatred, envy, intolerance and greed and while we may feel somewhat isolated from the major catast...
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The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony | A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer | Page 2
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. Newer posts →. TAKE UP YOUR CROSS. June 20, 2016. 12th Sunday Ordinary Time. Deacon Tony van Vuuren. There is no stock answer to Jesus’ question, “But who do you say that I am? 8221; Each and every day we all have to answer that question by the life style decisions we make; a willingness to be identified as Christ’s disciples; and our practice of self-denial for the welfare of others. It is the cross we...
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Holy Thursday | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. 4th Sunday of Lent. Good Friday 2015 →. April 3, 2015. John’s Gospel, 13: 1-15. The end of our Lenten journey is brought into sharp focus this evening, as we begin the celebration of the Triduum. During Holy Week, we have lived the summit of this journey, and now Jesus enters Jerusalem to perform the last step, summarizing his whole existence: he gives himself totally; even his own life. He is doing mor...
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FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY | The Homilies of Deacons Les & Tony
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The Homilies of Deacons Les and Tony. A blog for those who want to digest or meditate a little longer. LORD HAVE MERCY →. FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY. August 10, 2015. 19th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME. 1 Kings 19: 4-8. Rev Tony van Vuuren. Take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”. But stopped short of praying for death! Elijah wasn’t on a journey he chose for himself. He started as a fugitive, fleeing for his life. After the encounter with the divine messenger his flight has become a pi...We find our...
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