If there’s one thing that comes across loud and clear in our reading today, it’s that Jesus’ mother is blessed. At the annunciation, the angel Gabriel had already said she was ‘highly favoured’ (Luke 1:28). Today, Elizabeth, inspired by the
A Prayerbook Paradox
In the Book of Common Prayer, one of the prayers said every day in the morning contains a paradox. In it, we tell God that “his service” (i.e. serving him) “is perfect freedom.” At first glance, it seems like a
Tomorrow
How do you think of tomorrow? Will it be ‘just another day’ – essentially the same as today. Maybe a little better or a little worse? Or is Tomorrow ‘the first day of the rest of your life’ – the