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Today's gospel, Mon 9 Feb

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  Please scroll down for notes and notices.   Jesus Heals the Sick Rodrigo Fernández, 1940 Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46682211 Mark 6:53-56 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed. Sacred Space You can find a gentle prayer guide here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-02-09 This week's Collect Almighty God,  you have created the heavens and the earth  and made us in your own image:  Teach us to discern your hand in all your works  and your likeness in all your children;  through Jesus Chris...
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Today's gospel, Salt and Light. Racial Justice Sunday, 8 Feb

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  Today's gospel      Matthew 5:13–16 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Sacred Space You can find a gentle prayer guide here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-02-08 Christian Art https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/matthew-5-13-16-2026/ Racial Justice Sunday Today, 8th February 2026, is Racial Justice Sunday. Image: Churches Together in Britain and Ireland  A Prayer on Racial Justice Sunday 2026   God of all creation, gather us in – stranger and friend, bring us into Y...
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Today's gospel and notices, 7 Feb. "Come away and rest..."

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  Please scroll down for notes and more notices.   The Sea of Galilee Boat or "Jesus Boat"  Yigal Alon Museum in Kibbutz Ginosar, Tiberias, Israel Wikimedia Commons See: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JesusBoat.jpg You can read more about the  "Jesus Boat"  on 'See the Holy Land', here: https://www.seetheholyland.net/jesus-boat/#:~:text=The%20remains%20of%20the%20so%2Dcalled,a%20time%20of%20severe%20drought. Today's gospel    Mark 6:30-34 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.  Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for ...
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