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The late Comers

Posted on August 29, 2020September 23, 2020 by xvanderputt

I worked a good few years in youth …

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Gates of Hades

Posted on August 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by xvanderputt

Have you ever lost your glasses, it’s frustrating …

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A Sinking feeling

Posted on August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by xvanderputt

Matthew 14:22-33As I bent down with the arms …

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Fishes and Wishes

Posted on August 2, 2020September 23, 2020 by xvanderputt

Matthew 14:13 -21 “What we need is a …

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The Storehouse of the Heart

Posted on July 26, 2020 by xvanderputt

Matthew 13:44- ‘And he said to them, ‘Well …

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The Something about Mary

Posted on July 26, 2020May 6, 2021 by xvanderputt

Mary from Magdala, if I strip away the …

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Dealing with the Darnel

Posted on July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 by xvanderputt

  “Gah, will there ever be a day …

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Amos and the sycamore figs

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 by xvanderputt

On his first day of a new and …

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Fertile soil

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 by xvanderputt

“What is more important?” God asked me “that …

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Who do you say I am?

Posted on July 7, 2020July 11, 2020 by xvanderputt

All the time” …we chant back “God is …

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Corpus Christi

Posted on June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 by xvanderputt

They sting a little, the words in today’s …

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Elijah and the blokes of Baal

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 by xvanderputt

So today’s first reading sees Elijah  bossing the …

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A god made in mans image

Posted on June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 by xvanderputt

I have a lovely statue of Our Lady …

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Pentecost Sunday

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 by xvanderputt

Wow I thought, this must be really important …

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I will not leave you orphans

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 by xvanderputt

The pain that crept across his face as …

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You’re hired !

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 by xvanderputt

With a looming redundancy at the end of …

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I am the vine

Posted on May 17, 2020June 10, 2022 by xvanderputt

In the presbytery garden beside our church there …

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The sacrament of WhatsApp

Posted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 by xvanderputt

Before you stone me for Heresy, bear with …

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The Free Gate Pass

Posted on May 2, 2020May 2, 2020 by xvanderputt

I have a big red blister on my …

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Genesis 8 – Stepping out of the Ark

Posted on May 2, 2020May 2, 2020 by xvanderputt

Genesis 9 At the time I’m writing this …

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Touching Thomas

Posted on April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 by xvanderputt

John 20:19 -31 Ahhh Jesus, you walk straight …

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43. & 44. Man is by nature and vocation a religious being….

Posted on April 14, 2020 by xvanderputt

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41. & 42. All creatures bear a resemblance to God.

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by xvanderputt

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Behind the veil – Palm Sunday

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by xvanderputt

Palm Sunday last year I was stood on …

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Simon of Cyrene – Character Study

Posted on April 14, 2020January 10, 2023 by xvanderputt

A life interrupted As Simon of Cyrene set …

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