"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
I put together a couple of memes for the occasion:
Everybody knows that Mary received a single angelic greeting from Gabriel, but a lot of times people forget about the messages given to Joseph. How many times did Joseph receive a message from an angel? No cheating now…
The audio-only version of the latest episode in the Philippians video series is now available to download below.
In today’s episode we finish Chapter 3 as Paul speaks about the enemies of the Faith, imitation and the Kingdom of Heaven.
Epistle of Joy – Episode #14 (Download)
Today we finish Chapter 3:
Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself. – Philippians 3:17-21
Here’s my reflection:
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“Trials, tests and battles are meant to strengthen us, not weaken us”
– St. Cyprian
The audio-only version of the latest episode in the Philippians video series is now available to download below.
In today’s episode we approach the end of Chapter 3 as Paul describes his attitude as he continues in the Faith.
Epistle of Joy – Episode #13 (Download)
We are now drawing to the end of Chapter 3:
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. – Philippians 3:12-16
Here’s what I had to say:
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Here is “Still calls me son” by John Waller:
VERSE 1
I drug his name through godless places
And I’ve known shame that no child of his should know
I’ve seen pain on broken faces
Beyond all thought of hope
I was just too far from home
Still I always wondered when I closed my eyes
CHORUS
After all I’ve done
Could he run to me?
Would he kiss my face?
Could he even look at me?
After where I’ve been
should he take me back?
I would understand
I’ve disgraced him
But it would be amazing
If he still calls me son
VERSE 2
With nothing left for me to bring him
I left my pride and turned my heart toward home
I saw my home on the horizon
And from a distance
I saw my Father
Watching for his own with forgiving eyes
BRIDGE
One day as I breathe my last
And I know my days on earth have ended
When every hour is spent
I will close my eyes in amazement
And I’ll hear angels
They’ll be singing Amazing Grace
Cause he will run to me
And he will kiss my face
He will not let go of me
After where I’ve been
He will welcome me
I won’t understand
How he’ll put his robe on me
It will be amazing
That he’ll still call me son
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
When he calls me son
I once was lost but now I’m found
Cause he calls me Son