Parables of Community
By St. John the Compassionate Mission, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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Asceticism of the Open Door
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Theatrical Surprise
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Times of Refreshing (part 2)
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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A Banquet in the Wilderness
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Light and Water
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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The Joyful Presence of a Young Volunteer
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Released
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Humility Heals Twice
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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On Becoming "Fish Food"
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Last Shall be First
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Poor Carrying the Poor
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Embraced Though Broken
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Those in the Margins
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May 27, 2026 |
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Meeting Christ
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May 20, 2026 |
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On Healing and Angels
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May 13, 2026 |
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Courage and White Robes
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May 06, 2026 |
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Glimpses of Community Life During Bright Week
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Moved With Mercy
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Learning Mercy Through Prayer
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Testimonial
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Fasting for the Lenten Word
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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The Door to Lent
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Words on Mercy from a Prodigal Son
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Learning from the Publican and the Pharisee
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Joseph and Zacchaeus
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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He Must Increase, I Must Decrease
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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12.7.25 This is Heaven
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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11.30.25 Like Nathaniel
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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11.23.25 Finding Faith and Courage
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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11.16.25 The Icon of Mercy
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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11.9.25 Longing for Union
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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11.2.25 Seeing Lazarus
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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10.19.25 In Praise of Weeping
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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10.5.25 On Communion
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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9.28.25 Fishing and Following
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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9.21.25 Not Ashamed
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Stories from Community Life
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Two Stories of Generosity
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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6.29.25 Opportunities After Encountering Christ
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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6.22.25 The Value of Humility
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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6.15.25 Leaving Everything to Follow Christ
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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6.1.25 Shoes and the Path of Life
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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5.18.25 Longings for Encounter with Christ
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May 28, 2025 |
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5.11.25 Illness, Mercy, and Building Community
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May 14, 2025 |
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5.4.25 Myrrhbearers at the Mission
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May 07, 2025 |
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4.13.25 New Life on Lazarus Saturday
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Selflessness, Forgiveness, and Working Towards Peace
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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3.30.25 On Faithful Generations, Fasting, and Healing
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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3.16.25 Embracing Resurrection
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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3.9.25 God Reveals His Love to Everyone Through Beauty
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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3.2.25 Forgiveness and the Messiness of Life
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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2.23.25 I Was Hungry
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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2.16.25 Faithfulness with Joy
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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2.9.25 The Triodion Prepares our Hearts
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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A Church Without a Cross?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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1.26.25 Learning Hospitality from the Outcast
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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1.19.25 Returning to Give Thanks
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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1.12.25 Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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1.5.25 Expectant Hope at Theophany
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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New Life and Loss: a Modern Carol
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Nativity in the Community
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Seasonal Reflections from the Community
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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12.8.24 Grace for Those Who are Bent Over
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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12.1.24 Seeing Christ
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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11.24.24 Keep Walking
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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11.10.24 The Care of the Community in the Face of Societal Norms
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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11.3.24 Comfort in the Chapel and in Community
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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10.27.24 Choosing the Place of Humility and Cleansing the Eye of Charity
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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A Handful of September Stories from the Community
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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10.20.24 Seeing Humanity in the Suffering Ones
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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10.5.24 In Search of Resurrection
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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9.28.24 Becoming the "Bene Dicere"
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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9.22.24 Mercy That is Deeper than the Depths of the Sea
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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9.15.24 Singing and Silence at the Cross
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Some New Stories from the Mission
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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6.20.24 Notes from the Community
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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7.13.24 Angels, Flowers, and the Light of the Resurrection
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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7.7.24 Glimpses of God at Work
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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6.23.24 Communion Inspires Unity
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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6.16.24 The Faith of a Heart that Never Heals
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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6.9.24 Our Hope of Restoration
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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5.26.24 Stirred Waters for the Healing of the Whole Community
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May 29, 2024 |
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Reflections on Holy Week in the Community
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May 22, 2024 |
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Scenes from Everyday Life at the Mission
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May 15, 2024 |
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4.14.24 Seizures, Eclipses, and the Gospel Story of the Young Man Who was Possessed
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May 01, 2024 |
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4.7.24 Giving of Ourselves Changes Us
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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3.31.24 Forgiveness, Attentiveness, and Serving Christ
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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3.28.24 Isaac's Passing (And How Mishaps Extend Community)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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3.20.24 Who are the Least of These?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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More Notes from the Underground
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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3.3.24 Prayer, the Turning Point for Prodigals
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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2.18.24 The Faith of a Dog
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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March 3, 2024: Luke 15:11-32, Read for Older Children
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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2.11.24 Goodness on the Streets
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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People Look for Those Who Listen
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The Gift of Unity is Greater than the Gift of Healing
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Joys and Struggles at the Margins
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Theophany Brings New Life and Communion
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Creativity and Community on the Path to Holiness
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Silence at Nativity
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The One Who is Unnoticed
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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The Community and Clinical Depression
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The Rich Man and the Poor Chased Girl
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Seeing Kindness in Toronto
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Beauty: the Hospitality of Holiness
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The Eyes of a Person Who Is in His Right Mind
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Notes from the Underground
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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The Prayer of a Suffering Parent Touches the Mercy of God
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Pierced by Beauty
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Grace and Sanity
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Too Much Joy?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Do You Want To Be Made Well?
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May 10, 2023 |
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Stories from Bright Week
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May 04, 2023 |
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Stories from Holy Week
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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A Birthday, a Gift, an Apology, and a Mother's Love
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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The Only Thing, Love in the Marketplace, the Amputation, and Reasons to Live
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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The Leprosy of Our Time: We Pray and We Have Hope
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Two Profiles from Scarborough
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Joys of the Mission
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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A Prayer of Welcome on the Occassion of Someone New Coming to Live with Us
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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God Is Love
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Eating Together Is Healing
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Riches Are A Powerful Idol
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Emptying Ourselves to Make Room for Communion
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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From Many Hands to Christ's Poor
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Crumbs of Faith
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Bravery and Courage
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Volunteering to Rebuild
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Good News on the Porch
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Community Life
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Glory to God for Dappled Things
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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A Communal Witness
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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When you go to a banquet
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Spreading Peace, One Interaction at a Time
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Worse than Indifference
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Community Life and the Gospel
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Speaking in Tongues: the Friday before Pentecost at the Mission
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Pilgrim of the Absolute
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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To ask for a blessing
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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What to expect
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May 16, 2022 |
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Stories from Bright Week
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May 12, 2022 |
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Friday Afternoon at the Mission
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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“Whoever Loses His Life…”
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Stories from Fr. Nicolaie
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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“...and no one gave him anything”
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Cold Winter Stories
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Christmas Day 2021
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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The Poor Are Those Who Evangelize Us
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Windows to Heaven
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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A Little Bit Rich
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Crumbs from the Rich Man's Table
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Breaking the Chains Does Not Make Us Free
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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A Miracle of Tears
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Homecoming
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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A Place to Belong
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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“To testify where life is abandoned”
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Remembering Kevin
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Why do we go to the Refuge in the summer?
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Why is this the time?
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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“I am a Christian. I have to do what is right and trust in God.”
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Three Witnesses: “The Christians love the poor and embrace them like brothers and sisters”
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May 28, 2021 |
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Mother's Day at the Mission
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May 14, 2021 |
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Pascha at the Mission
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May 14, 2021 |
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More Stories from the Mission
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May 14, 2021 |
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Stories from the Mission
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May 14, 2021 |
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Flowers at the Edge of God's Garden
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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The Naked Man Who Came to Church
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Wickedness and a Sweet Longing
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Judgment Sunday: The Gospel Is Personal
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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The Prodigal Son and Euthanasia
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Stories from the Mission
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Keeping Watch
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Receiving the Flood
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Christmas Morning at St. John the Compassionate Mission
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Counting on Three Things: A Christmas letter from Fr. Nicolaie
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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This week's stories from the Mission, by Brother Luke
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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A Death Well Planned
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Is This A Church Where You Can Light A Candle?
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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A Day at Good Neighbours
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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October Light
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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An Ordinary Day
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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He Has Freely Given to the Poor
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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In God I Have Set My Hope
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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For God So Loved the World
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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A Glimpse of the Kingdom of God
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Holy Pentecost
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Stories from the Pandemic
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May 29, 2020 |
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Sunday of the Paralytic
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May 16, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: William and Jane
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May 14, 2020 |
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Myrrh-Bearing Women, Then and Now
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May 08, 2020 |
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“Go to Galilee. There They Will See Me.”
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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The light of Christ breaks through the cracks
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Diary of a Mission in Pandemic Times
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Words from a Mission in Pandemic Times
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Chris and Laura
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Ruth
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Kenneth
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Edward
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Xenia
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Daniel
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Karl
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Anna
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Nick
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: John
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Edna
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Carol Anne
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Helen
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Father Tom
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Catherine
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Flowers from the Hedges: Peter
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Dec 07, 2019 |
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Where Charity and Love are, God is there
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Dec 16, 2017 |
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Mary of Egypt and the Annunciation
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Jun 13, 2016 |
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We Only Know What We Live
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Feb 10, 2016 |
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A Lesson in Compassion
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Feb 10, 2016 |
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A Different Kind of Mission
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Jan 30, 2016 |
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Saints of our times
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Jan 28, 2016 |
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St. Anthony the Great
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Jan 28, 2016 |
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What about forgiveness?
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Jan 28, 2016 |
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Lifting those in Need
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Dec 05, 2015 |
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Not Sitting Alone
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Dec 05, 2015 |
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It Starts with a Smile
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Dec 01, 2015 |
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A Time to Spare in our Society
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Sep 13, 2015 |
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Being Drawn Out
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Aug 27, 2015 |
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Rubbing Shoulders
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Jul 17, 2015 |
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Confessions of a Volunteer
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Jul 01, 2015 |
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A Beautiful Mind
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Jun 22, 2015 |
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Why Being Alive Is a Blessing
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May 19, 2015 |
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Crumbs of Bread
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May 06, 2015 |
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I Don't Want to Die
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May 06, 2015 |
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The Tenderness of God; the Tenderness of the Poor
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Apr 28, 2015 |
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Church as a Community
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Apr 09, 2015 |
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Lessons from a Space
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Apr 09, 2015 |
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Ministry of Presence
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Mar 24, 2015 |
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A Good Reason to Do Nothing
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Mar 11, 2015 |
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Compassion Has No Price
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Mar 04, 2015 |
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Unable to Love
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Mar 04, 2015 |
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A Friendly Practice in Toronto (Asceticism)
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Mar 04, 2015 |
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The Doors, the Doors
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Feb 28, 2015 |
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Learning to Listen
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Feb 26, 2015 |
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More Lessons from the Wall
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Feb 23, 2015 |
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Arguing About Freedom
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Feb 08, 2015 |
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Smells and Bells
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Jan 28, 2015 |
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Tales of the Unexpected
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Jan 20, 2015 |
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There's Hope for Me
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Jan 06, 2015 |
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Libby
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Dec 31, 2014 |
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The Best Birthday Present
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Nov 18, 2014 |
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The Unborn Child
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Nov 11, 2014 |
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No One Comes Here by Accident
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Nov 04, 2014 |
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Karina
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Nov 04, 2014 |
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Hello, God, Are You There?
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Oct 01, 2014 |
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St. Philothei
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Sep 17, 2014 |
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A Place of Contrast
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Sep 10, 2014 |
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A Holy Death
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Sep 03, 2014 |