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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 17, 2020 · Last modified January 13, 2020
And when the Advocate comes he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment… John 16:8 Fast forward, and even this same John the Baptist gets it wrong, doubting...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 10, 2020 · Last modified January 6, 2020
As we look upon the life of Jesus we see total coherence; there is an alignment between will, intention, word and action. This is what it means to be beloved; for God to take...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 3, 2020 · Last modified December 22, 2019
Franciscans have a long history of standing at the exits, standing in that gap between us and them, the periphery of things that can become quite messy, especially for those who crave control...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 27, 2019 · Last modified December 25, 2019
Dreams and violence; A young family fleeing from the violence of despotic leadership to become refugees in a foreign country. This is a story that is all too familiar in our world today....
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 20, 2019 · Last modified December 19, 2019
I fall in love and the axis of my world tilts; I am no longer at the centre. My children are born and once again the axis shifts a little more. Along come the...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 13, 2019 · Last modified December 12, 2019
The Great Scandal! – Rejoice and be glad, what incredible, wondrous and awesome good news: you have been made an heir to the greatest fortune on earth; all those things beyond your dreams… But, hold...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 6, 2019 · Last modified December 4, 2019
Deep within our ancestry there lies a need to gather, to hoard, clinging to our possessions and even to people. This need translates also into our epistemology and the way we see the world:...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 29, 2019 · Last modified November 30, 2019
A time to breathe, a time to put aside our grievance, a time to let go, and a time to prepare. The years flow together and all the many preparations we have made; preparations...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 22, 2019 · Last modified November 21, 2019
Paradox and contradiction confound us, unsettle us … set of teeth on edge; enrages us to destroy any image that contradicts my own banner. We want to be on the leader board, we want...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 15, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
Truth is hard to bear! Yes, Jesus, the truth does set us free; but we also know from experience that first, that truth is going to P … us off! The truth of the...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 8, 2019 · Last modified November 4, 2019
This is truly an awesome aspiration; called to the perfection of holiness as children of the resurrection. This holiness is participation and reflection of God who is Love. The desert fathers and mothers emphasised...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 1, 2019 · Last modified October 28, 2019
The other disciple also went into the tomb and saw the cloth which had covered Jesus head lying nearby, neatly folded….and he believed! Why did he believe when he saw this cloth neatly folded?...
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