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Throughout Christian history, mystics have been recognised as “great souls”: women and men whose lives display an unusual depth of prayer, moral seriousness, spiritual authority, and love for God and neighbour. Here are twenty of them. Who else, in your opinion, should make the list? Augustine of Hippo Gregory of Nyssa Evagrius Ponticus Macrina the …
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In his writings, the Australian Baptist theologian G. H. Morling occasionally refers to “great souls,” people of extraordinary humanity or spiritual insight – those rare individuals able to express uncommon empathy or magnanimity, whether in actions or words. The phrase “great soul” echoes the classical Greek notion of megalopsychos, the “great-souled man,” articulated by Aristotle, denoting largeness of …
God of wisdom and power, who fashioned each grain of sand on Bondi Beach, fine and beautiful beneath our feet, who spoke land into being and patiently watched as craggy sandstone cliffs took shape, weathered witnesses to time and tide, whose creative mind gifted us with curling breakers and sparkling emerald waters alive with current and light, and smooth green lawns and cool …
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Note: Today's service includes two prayers responding to the devastating terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday 14 December. Invocation + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Pause for reflection Good morning, heavenly Father.We worship you, the creator and sustainer of the universe. Good morning, Lord …
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Simeon and Anna greet the baby Jesus as Joseph and Mary look on. In the year 2000, the National Gallery in London held an exhibition of classical art depicting the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. The BBC produced an accompanying television series and a beautifully illustrated book, which I purchased and which remains a …
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