Readings for Sunday, 1 October (Harvest): Deuteronomy 8.7-18; Psalm 65; 2 Corinthians 9.6-15; Luke 17.11-19 Urban and suburban western living leaves many people disconnected from the source of their basic needs, including food. The idea of harvest is perhaps more easily understood in Menorca, where agriculture is more evident, and it is perhaps easier to […]
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Readings for Worship During October
Readings for the main services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during October. 1 October – Harvest Festival Deuteronomy 8.7-18; Psalm 65; 2 Corinthians 9.6-15; Luke 17.11-19 4 October – Francis of Assisi Jeremiah 22.13-16; Psalm 148.7-14; Galatians 6.14-18; Matthew 11.25-30 8 October Exodus 20.1-4,7-9,12-20; Psalm 19.7-14; Philippians 3.4b-14; Matthew 21.33-46 11 October Jonah […]
Nutrition & Digestion Seminar
Leo Maria Shearing is a naturopathic nutritionist. She is giving a series of talks around Menorca on ways to improve digestion to improve health. On Wednesday, 11 October, at 13:30, she will be giving her presentation at Santa Margarita, in Es Castell. To book a place, please contact the church, using the form below, or […]
Theme for 24 September 2017 – Community & Judgement
Scripture for Sunday, 24 September 2017: Exodus 16.2-15; Psalm 105.37-45; Philippians 1.21-30; Matthew 20.1-16 Modern culture tends to have an ambivalent attitude towards inequality in the economy. We accept that circumstances may cause some to pay more than others for the same thing. But when our sense of worth – which is intrinsically part of […]
Theme for 17 September 2017 – Community & Forgiving
Scripture for Sunday, 17 September 2017: Exodus 14.19-30; Psalm 114; Romans 14.1-12; Matthew 18.21-35 Anyone who has experienced some sort of injury, such as a fractured bone, will know that the damage can be experienced on more than one level. A bone can heal in a matter of weeks; other damage can take much longer […]
Theme for 10 September 2017 – Community & Reconciliation
Scripture for Sunday, 10 September: Exodus 12.1-14; Psalm 149; Romans 13.8-14; Matthew 18.15-20 A well-used technique of Bible study is to immerse ourselves in passages in different roles. Readers of Jesus’ instructions for conflict resolution often place themselves in the role of members of the community, seeking to bring others to reconciliation. But what happens […]
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Reproduced from the September 2017 issue of Roquetta, Menorca’s English language magazine. “This is really about Menorca,” said one of the local Roman Catholic clergy in the heat of fiesta celebrations a couple of years ago. His point was that although the fiesta celebrations remain attached to the Catholic culture of saints and their patronage, […]
Readings for Worship in September 2017
Readings for the main services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during September. 3 September Exodus 3.1-15; Psalm 105.1-6,23-26,45b; Romans 12.9-21; Matthew 16.21-28 6 September Colossians 1.1-8; Psalm 34.11-18; Luke 4.38-44 10 September Exodus 12.1-14; Psalm 149; Romans 13.8-14; Matthew 18.15-20 13 September – John Chrysostom, Bishop (David Green, reserve sacrament) Jeremiah 42.1-6; Psalm […]
Theme for Sunday, 27 August 2017
Scripture for Sunday: Exodus 1.8-2.10; Psalm 124; Romans 12.1-8; Matthew 16.13-20 (“Who do you say that I am?”) Not everyone is happy with the names bestowed upon them by their parents. This is probably related to the way in which our names and identities become intertwined. My paternal grandfather, given three forenames, elected to use the […]
Theme for Sunday, 20 August 2017
Scripture for this Sunday: Genesis 45.1-15 (Joseph & his brothers); Psalm 133; Romans 11.1-2a,29-32; Matthew 15.21-28 (Jesus and the Canaanite woman) In the past months, there have been various images showing people (often women) standing up to the threat of violence – images that show people brave enough not to stand down when confronted with power; images that […]