October 2024

Reflection for Sunday 13 October 2024 by Br Aelred

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May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.

One of my favourite hymns is: I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest“. Now this hymn was an immense help as I meditated on the words through my discernment process of joining this beautiful community.

This morning, just like the young man who heard Jesus’ voice saying, “Come and follow me”, that same Jesus and that same voice is saying to each and every one of us, “Come and follow me”.

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Homily by Br Luc for October 6, 2024 – Proper 22 B

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Good morning and blessings from our God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has gathered us together again this morning to feed us through His Word and sacrament.

Our first and second readings today focus us on the main reason that we are gathered here this morning…Faith. We are Christians because we believe in God, an all knowing, all mighty and at the same time a loving, caring God.

However, wherever we turn in our world today, there is pain and suffering, war, hunger, disease, hatred, abuse, murder, corruption, exploitation,…name it, it is present in the world. The question then becomes: Why would the God who created us and who supposedly loves us allow so much suffering as we witness in the world today?

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September 2024 News

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September featured two Anglican Archdeaconry clergy retreats at Volmoed. Clergy from Helderberg Archdeaconry joined us for chapel prayers during their retreat that was led by Rev Wilma. One of the clergy also met with Br Aelred for spiritual accompaniment.

Later in the month, clergy from Constantia Archdeaconry joined us for chapel prayers during their annual retreat, which they have made at Volmoed for the past several years. Brothers made themselves available for individual spiritual accompaniment, and Brs Aelred and Roger were involved in this ministry.

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