“Let us not forget that Jesus asked his disciples to pay attention to details.
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Category: House of Prayer
November-December HOP 2018
Lord Jesus, master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. Continue reading “November-December HOP 2018”
September – October 2018 HOP
“The transcendence that the church preaches is not alienation; it is not going to heaven to think about eternal life and forget about the problems on earth. Continue reading “September – October 2018 HOP”
July-August HOP 2018
Mission is at the heart of who we are, and love is the driving force that urges us on. IBVM, Constitutions 2.1 Continue reading “July-August HOP 2018”
May – June HOP 2018
Pope Francis, whose devotion to Mary is well-known, on Saturday the 7th April, established a new feast for the Catholic Church devoted to Mary as the “Mother of the Church,” to be celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost. Continue reading “May – June HOP 2018”
March-April HOP 2018
“Jesus has risen from the dead,” Pope Francis said. “And this is not a fantasy. It’s not a celebration with many flowers [pointing at the arrangements surrounding him]. This is beautiful, but [the resurrection] is more.” Continue reading “March-April HOP 2018”
January and February 2018 House of Prayer
This edition of House of Prayer starts with the theme of Migrants and refugees: men and women in search of peace.
“In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands. Continue reading “January and February 2018 House of Prayer”
House of Prayer Nov-Dec
In this season of Advent, we are called to expand the horizons of our hearts, to be amazed by the life which presents itself each day with newness. In order to do this, we must learn to not depend on our own certainties, on our own established strategies, Continue reading “House of Prayer Nov-Dec”
September-October HOP
“In times of insecurity, communities that look different become convenient scapegoats […]. We must resist cynical efforts to divide communities and portray neighbours as ‘the other’. Discrimination diminishes us all.
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July -August HOP
Welcome to the July – August HOP from the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Congregation of Jesus. This HOP invites us to pray Continue reading “July -August HOP”