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Geoff Wood reflection for March 5, 2017

Posted on March 8, 2017 by srdianne

Once there was nothing.  Now there is a world.   And you don’t believe in miracles?               The University of San Francisco goes back to 1855 and so has been collecting books for a long, long time.  Among other … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for February 26, 2017

Posted on March 8, 2017 by srdianne

To any of you who remember Little Orphan Annie: “Arf!”             Rex Mottram (in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited) would do anything to marry Julia Flyte, the daughter of Lady Marchmain. Though a freethinker, he would even convert to the family’s … Continue reading →

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Reflection for March 1, 2017

Posted on February 28, 2017 by srdianne

Blessing for Ash Wednesday So let the ashes come as beginning and not as end; The first sign but not the final. Let them rest upon you as invocation and invitation, And let them take you the way that ashes … Continue reading →

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Reflection for February 22, 2017

Posted on February 22, 2017 by srdianne

Our Lady of the New Advent, Gate of Heaven Gate of Heaven, You are round and open, beckoning. Your hands are raised in blessing: blessings rain down on our uplifted faces. Mother of the All, you contain the answeer to … Continue reading →

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Reflection for February 15, 2017

Posted on February 22, 2017 by srdianne

Reflection of love from Scripture, Daily Word booklets and others: Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude… 1 Cor. 13:4 Love has the power to heal, and prayer connects us in … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for February 19, 2017

Posted on February 21, 2017 by srdianne

Once there was nothing.  Now there is a world. And you don’t believe in miracles?             The University of San Francisco goes back to 1855 and so has been collecting books for a long, long time.  Among other treasures it … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for February 12, 2017

Posted on February 13, 2017 by srdianne

It seems we stood and talked like this before . . .             One of my favorite Monty Python skits features Michael Palin as a TV host seated at a desk before a microphone and looking intently at his unseen … Continue reading →

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Reflection for February 8, 2017

Posted on February 8, 2017 by srdianne

Thought of Grace– Opting for Love Cinderella’s fairy Godmother did not say to Cinderella “That stepmother of your is such a bitch…We’ll show her!”  She could not have said those things — or even thought them — and retained her … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for February 5, 2017

Posted on February 6, 2017 by srdianne

“I give you the end of a golden string . . .”           I never knew that when we say “somebody doesn’t have a clue” it basically means “somebody doesn’t have a ball of thread”.  Look up clue (or clew) … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for January 29, 2017

Posted on February 6, 2017 by srdianne

They left their nets and followed him          We link the birth of Christ with the winter solstice – when the sun begins to rise earlier each day, its light more enduring, its warmth (sooner or later!) guaranteed.           And … Continue reading →

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