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A Reflection on Luke 1:26-38 This Sunday’s Gospel is the account of the Annunciation from the Gospel of Luke. This story is so powerful. Nothing I write can do it justice. If you’ve never prayed before with your imagination (St Ignatius called it contemplation), I invite you to try with this gospel. Read through these verses once or twice to familiarize yourself with it. Say a prayer to the Holy Spirit, as prayer is only prayer by the grace of God. Then, close your eyes

A Reflection on Luke 21:1-4 “But she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.” (Luke 21: 4b) Lord, I am so poor. There is not much left in my heart to give. I don’t want to give it. I want to cling to it because it is mine, it is me, my very self. Yet even if it is me, it is not mine to cling to. Oh, Lord, it is so little. Who could possibly want it? What good could it do? Does it really matter if I give it? Would anyone notice if I didn’t? It feels like t