Knowing God is close changes prayer
We humans are very good at thinking of God as so very far away from us, that we either stop believing in him, or only communicate with...
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frmartinflatman
Jul 20, 20224 min read
Co-Raised/Co-quickened with Christ
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings:- Given the present climate of the times in the UK with the Tory selection of a...
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frmartinflatman
Jul 16, 20224 min read
Deeper than the surface
Today’s Gospel (Luke 10:38-42) where poor Martha. who is busy cooking dinner is told that Mary, by sitting and listening to Jesus, has...
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frmartinflatman
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Faith touching every aspect of life
Frances Flatman writes on next Sunday's Readings :- Parties seem to be much in the news at present, but our Readings all look at their...
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frmartinflatman
Jul 9, 20225 min read
The craziness of God
When we hear, as in our 2nd Reading (Col 1:15-20) that “Christ is the image of the unseen God”, I think we need to notice that God is...
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frmartinflatman
Jul 6, 20224 min read
To live in God's sovereign freedom
A Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings:- Quite a lot of the time I suspect, most of us simply think of God as far...
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frmartinflatman
Jul 2, 20225 min read
Jerusalem - an image of God's Kingdom
Believe it or not, there are some people (I meet them online) who think that when a prophet like Isaiah refers to Jerusalem, as in our...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 29, 20224 min read
Bearing the marks of Christ
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings :- There can be a tendency to think that, since Christianity was formed out of...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 25, 20225 min read
It's the way that you do it !
I hope you noticed the problem we face today with what Jesus says at the end of the Gospel that we have just heard (Luke 9:51-62) You can...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 22, 20224 min read
A dramatic shift in our relationship with God
Our Readings for the 13th Ordinary Sunday are all about a radical change of status in life wrought by the grace of Christ. Now many of us...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 18, 20225 min read
Why reverence Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
I was asked the other day why we make such a fuss about the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament when Jesus is actually present in...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 15, 20224 min read
Active participation : no mere memorial
The Feast of Corpus Christi celebrates Jesus; his selfless offering of himself to God the Father; and as he instructed his closest...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 11, 20225 min read
Joyous Order in Creation points where ?
In one sense, of course, we can never understand God, and so can never understand God as Trinity; but that doesn’t mean that we cannot...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 8, 20224 min read
Designed to be in a relationship with God
Frances Flatman reflects on the Readings for Trinity Sunday :- What does it mean to ‘belong’? Last long weekend we experienced the...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 4, 20225 min read
Finding God in Engineering
Think of a couple who are having trouble with their marriage or partnership. The man says “I tell her I love her but that doesn’t seem to...
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frmartinflatman
Jun 1, 20224 min read
A Shift in our Reality
Frances Flatman reflects on the Readings for Pentecost When I became a Catholic, the wife of the then Bishop of Oxford remarked ‘We had...
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frmartinflatman
May 29, 20225 min read
Glory is God and cannot be seen
How can we see glory ? Can I suggest that it is rather like asking if we can see light; for though we can see what light illuminates,...
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frmartinflatman
May 25, 20223 min read
Given the glory of God
Reflection on the Readings for Easter 7 by Frances Flatman Today’s Gospel, (John 17:20-26) really is one of those WOW moments, when we...
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frmartinflatman
May 21, 20225 min read
Explaining images of heaven
Someone came up to me in tears the other day. We were celebrating the life of her Dad, and she said through her tears “Father, where is...
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frmartinflatman
May 18, 20224 min read
God is completeness
Frances Flatman reflects on next Sunday's Readings : As we get close to Pentecost our Readings turn decisively towards the sense of the...
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