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Advent 2022

“God has filled the hungry with good things” Luke 1:53   With the cost of living rapidly rising in the UK and a lack of support for those who need it most, millions of people are at risk of being pushed into poverty by a difficult winter. Around the world, the twin challenges of …

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For Study, Poverty and Inequality, Reflection · 2 December, 2019

Week One: Unlikely Messengers

Jackie's Story "In my teens, estranged from my family, I lived in a flat for young homeless people. The heating system was inadequate, the flat was damp and in the winter sheets of ice would form on the inside of the metal framed windows. I had so little money I often skipped meals and I …

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Blog · 12 December, 2016

Third Sunday in Advent – The peace of the Lord

Third Sunday in Advent – The peace of the Lord. Posted on 12 December 2016 by Lucy Zwolinska On this third Sunday in Advent we are invited to hear that voice from the desert calling us to “prepare the way of the Lord.” We light what many call the candle of peace, yet do so in a world that is …

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