Britain’s veteran television presenter Richard Madeley has a weekly agony uncle column in The Telegraph. Recently, a 76-year-old lady from Argyll and Bute in Scotland wrote to him complaining about her 73-year-old husband’s smoking and drinking. Excerpts of the letter and Madeley’s wise reply follow, emphases mine. Anon writes: I am 76 and I don’t […]
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Forbidden Bible Verses — 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 July 4, 2021 in Catholic, Protestant | Tags: 1 Corinthians, Bible, Catholic, charity, Christianity, Forbidden Bible verses, Protestant, St Paul The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture. Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story. My series […]
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The Fifth Sunday after Trinity — Sixth Sunday after Pentecost — is July 4, 2021. Readings for Year B can be found here. The Gospel reading is as follows (emphases mine): Mark 6:1-13 6:1 He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 6:2 On the sabbath he began to […]
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