WELCOME TO ST MARY'S AND ALL SOULS
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Take a look at the churches in the Benefice from the air |
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St Mary's and All Souls Services We will post any revisions to services here and on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StMarysAndAllSouls |
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St Mary's and All Souls latest Newsletter |
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PCC Papers You can now download minutes and other PCC documents from the PCC page |
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Food Bank latest needs: https://bromleyborough.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/ *PLEASE DON'T SEND US FROZEN OR CHILLED ITEMS AS WE DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT STORAGE FOR IT AND IT SPOILS BEFORE WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT* WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF PASTA, CEREAL & BISCUITS
Thank you!
Judith Simmonds will be taking the Parish contributions towards the end of the month so please drop your donations into our box in the porch before then. |
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The Church Of England Daily Prayer |
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Kenneth L’Anson writes:
It has always mystified me why there has been at times over the centuries such enmity between the three Abrahamic religions that acknowledge one loving god and a remarkable similarity of theology. It is interesting to see the shared moral thread across the Torah, the New Testament, and the Qur'an and how each connects two core ideas: devotion to God and ethical treatment of other people.
Across all three, these are not separate duties—they reinforce each other.
Love and devotion to God
•Torah: Central is the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:5): love God with all your heart, soul, and strength.
•New Testament: Jesus Christ repeats this as the “greatest commandment”.
•Qur'an: Emphasises sincere worship (ibadah), gratitude, and submission to Allah as the foundation of a righteous life. A right relationship with God begins with wholehearted devotion, sincerity, and humility.
Love and care for others
•Torah: Leviticus 19:18 — “Love your neighbour as yourself”.
•New Testament: Jesus Christ elevates this as equal to loving God and teaches the “Golden Rule” (treat others as you want to be treated).
•Qur'an: Repeatedly calls for kindness, charity (zakat), justice, and compassion toward neighbours, strangers, and the needy. Ethical behaviour toward others—kindness, fairness, generosity—is essential, not optional.
Attitude toward “neighbour” and strangers
All three
go beyond just friends or family:
•Torah: Commands care for the stranger because the Israelites were once strangers in Egypt.
•New Testament: Expands “neighbour” radically (e.g., the Parable of the Good Samaritan).
•Qur'an: Explicitly includes neighbours, travellers, and even those outside one’s immediate community in moral concern.
In all three, moral responsibility extends beyond your inner circle race or faith. So why have we religious wars, bombing of Synagogues by Moslems, Christians being Islamophobic, Moslems defacing statues of Christ in Beirut and the holy (unholy wars) wars during the crusades, the murder of civilians by Hamas and Gazan citizens by the state of Israel?
It is not the tenets of our religion, because these acts occur when our believers fail to hold on to the moral imperatives of our faiths and exert a group hatred of anyone who belongs to another community. That is a sin. So let us pray to God that he will teach us to love one another as he has loved us.
Kenneth L’Anson
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