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Advent 4 – Blessed are you among women

by Fr David Weaver | Dec 24, 2017 | Advent, Sermons, Teachings

Today, the fourth Sunday in Advent, we remember the Virgin Mary and celebrate the part she played in the coming of God into the world, thought the birth of Jesus. The patriarchs and the prophets foretold the Messiah who was to come: but Mary did the hard work! Ask any...

Advent 3 – The Practice of Forgiveness

by Fr David Weaver | Dec 19, 2017 | Advent, Sermons, Teachings

When Jesus is asked by his disciples whether it is enough to forgive someone seven times (in contrast to Cain) Jesus replies: Not seven times, but I tell you seventy seven times. Why that number -77- we might ask? We saw in Week One that the Israelites grappled early...

Advent 2 – Distortions of forgiveness in Church History

by Fr David Weaver | Dec 12, 2017 | Advent, Sermons, Teachings

This week I want to talk about how the wonderful message that God is a God of forgiveness, a message which was central to Jesus, became so distorted and peripheral to it. Last week, I finished by saying that for most of its existence the Church has not really...

Advent 1 – Scripture and Forgiveness

by Fr David Weaver | Dec 5, 2017 | Advent, Sermons, Teachings

Forgivenesss of our sins has always been central to the Jewish and the Christian faiths. I want to suggest over these three weeks that the concept of forgiveness came to be used, and then abused, by the Church and how important it is for the whole of humanity that we...

Advent 4 – Blessed are you among women

Advent 3 – The Practice of Forgiveness

Advent 2 – Distortions of forgiveness in Church History

Advent 1 – Scripture and Forgiveness

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Advent 4 – Blessed are you among women

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