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Fr Neil’s homily for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, 1 August 2021 This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.¹ This is the incredible answer Christ gives to the question, “What must we do, to be doing the work of God?” The answer is most peculiar: it is […]
The young lad in the Gospel story is an image of innocent humility. He offers the little he has, five loaves and two fishes. It is the virtues of humility, meekness and patience that will enable the Body of Christ to maintain its unity, one body and one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, under one God and Father of us all.
Every priest must reflect on the decisions he makes and that which he teaches — for he handles the things of the God for the people of God. When we stop reflecting on and seeking to be faithful to that which we have received and has been handed on by our forebears, then is the moment of greatest danger for the deacon, priest or prelate. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!”
Most of us are not great in the eyes of the world, yet God has called us in Christ into the world to bear witness to his voice. What is it that will enable us like the prophets, saints and martyrs to continue to proclaim and to live the life of faith despite the difficulties, trials and persecutions we might face?
“He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief.”
In our Gospel reading we see Christ standing in the same tradition as the prophets before him. He is not only rejected here, but will eventually be abandoned by most of his disciples and be hung upon a tree. Christ marvels at the unbelief of those who have known him from his earliest years. It seems that they could not see what was in front of them.
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Please continue to pray for Neil Taylor as he prepares to be ordained deacon on Saturday at Warwick Street.
Mass on Corpus Christi included the Profession of Faith and Oath of Fidelity. “...So help me God, and God’s Holy Gospels on which I place my hand.”
The Oath of Fidelity: a milestone on the journey
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Our seminarian Neil Taylor made his formal Profession of Faith and Oath of Fidelity at Mass on Sunday, as Bishop David had given permission for this to happen at Christ the King Church. This is a nece...1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Tomorrow is the feast of Corpus Christi, and Mass will be celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church Langney. We’d love to see you! The pew sheet is available at the link below. This Mass will also include Neil Taylor’s Oath of Fidelity and Profession of Faith ahead of his ordination next weekend: please support him with your prayers.
“Do not forget the Lᴏʀᴅ your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know.”
(Unfortunately we’ve had to cancel this afternoon’s planned procession. But there will still be a mini-procession at Mass tomorrow.)
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