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A Moment To Pause: Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Ordinary Time
Today we join Joseph O’Connell for our A Moment To Pause Podcast during Ordinary Time.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Welcome to our reflection today. We're taking our reflection from Mark's Gospel 1: 29 to 39.
Jesus stepped quietly into the ordinary space of a home where someone is sick and exhausted.
He takes Simon's mother in law by the hand and raises her up.
It's a simple movement, but full of compassion.
Jesus does not heal always from a distance.
Sometimes he comes very close.
By evening, the crowds arrive with their pain, worries, depressions…
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