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Bill Clarke. Talk 1: "Heart of Jesus: Heart of the Child" ; Talk 2: "Jesus welcomes us (Luke 19)"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 15-20, 1981 at Emmaus House in West Wickham, Kent, UK. The leader was Fr. Bill Clarke.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk #1: Today we want to be attentive to how Jesus, whose heart is the heart of the child, invites us to be prayerful or to simply say he wants us to be open to his welcome to be with him. Talk #2: I will take a simple text of the Gospel which speaks of the welcome of Jesus and his longing to be with us. Luke Chap 19: Zacchaeus in the tree.

Fr. Bill Clarke, translation into English by Therese Vanier

Item consists of 1 audio cassettes from the 1982 International Federation of l'Arche meeting in South Bend, IN.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: What I live is very simple. It�s not very much. And I am afraid that by talking about it I will make it into something that it is not. What more is there to say in that I work with cows! Our Farm Community in Guelph Ontario is inspired by L�Arche. We started a small project with men coming out of prison.

#1 - Side A: "Welcome" ; Side B: "Preudre le temps avec le Seigneur"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I�m Bill Clarke and I live in a small farm community in Guelph, Ontario. I have been there 12 years. It has the same spirit as L�Arche. We have welcomed men and women in need and work the farm together. I went to L�Arche in 1968 for a couple of years and have been close to L�Arche ever since. I am happy to be here. We all come together with different hopes, fears, longings and worries. We could also say that the desire of God for each one of us is unique too.

#2 - Side A: October 20, 1992, English ; Side B: October 21, 1992, French

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Side Two: So we are praying with our desire and I suppose opening our hearts to the desire of God, the immense desire of God for intimacy, relationship and communion to share the heart if God with us. And for us to share our hearts with God. The call of God is deeper than our desire because our very existence is an expression of God�s call and God�s love .Every moment we are being loved into existence by the God of tenderness and faithfulness.

Bill Clarke. Talk 3: "Fear of getting to close" ; Talk 4: "Cry of the poor"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 15-20, 1981 at Emmaus House in West Wickham, Kent, UK. The leader was Fr. Bill Clarke.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk #3: We long to meet Jesus. But there is a fear in us about deeper relationship. Fear of being hurt or what the other might ask of me. Yet there is a longing and need we have for communion with Jesus. There is a tension between what we long for, but also fear. Talk #4: The heart of Jesus is a welcoming heart, which listens for the cry of the poor. Jesus is eager to welcome us as we are, as we come. We need to trust this welcome and to let go of our false images of God as judge.

Bill Clarke. Talk 5: "The gift of diversity" ; Talk 6: "Jesus - vulnerable and poor"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 15-20, 1981 at Emmaus House in West Wickham, Kent, UK. The leader was Fr. Bill Clarke.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk #5: There is a longing in the heart of Jesus to create unity in our divided world. He longs to create communion between people. He comes to us with an amazing revelation that we are, in fact, one diverse family. Talk #6: Jesus broke down the barriers of disunity in his own flesh. He became the poorest of the poor on Calvary, inviting us to go beyond the barriers of fear.

#3 - Side A: October 21, 1992, English ; Side B: October 22, 1992, French

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: It�s a grace that L�Arche has become so international. In different ways we discover more deeply the mystery of L�Arche when it is lived out in different cultures. One thing we discover is that the heart of L�Arche is this very unique gift of relationship, which is true everywhere in L�Arche. The people at the core of our communities really create the spirit of welcome and intimacy. The spirit of being in touch with one�s poverty and the truth of that.

#4 - Side A: October 22, 1992, English ; Side B: October 23, 1992, French

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I will talk this morning about gratitude and thanksgiving. We can pray for that grace to live with grateful hearts. To begin each day grateful for what will be given and to end each day grateful for what has been given. If we go to bed �out of tune� we will not sleep well and maybe then starting the next day out of tune as well. Don�t let the sun go down on your anger. Allow the spirit of God to put our beings back in tune and at peace before we go to bed. So it�s important to give thanks and discover where God has been in our lives day by day.

Bill Clarke. Talk 7: "Healing and forgiveness" ; Talk 8: "The truth will make you free"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 15-20, 1981 at Emmaus House in West Wickham, Kent, UK. The leader was Fr. Bill Clarke.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk #7: Our theme is healing and forgiveness. Today is the day to listen to our hearts. And to our need for inner healing and our need to be forgiven or to forgive, which is the work of the Holy Spirit. Talk#8: We often deny or run from the truth of our own being. Jesus comes to teach us the truth and beauty of being human. Yes, he comes to reveal to us the unconditional love of God for us as we are, here and now. But he also comes to reveal to us ourselves.

Bill Clarke. Talk 9: "Reconciliation" ; Talk 10: "Jesus gives His life to break down disunity"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 15-20, 1981 at Emmaus House in West Wickham, Kent, UK. The leader was Fr. Bill Clarke.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk #9: Today we celebrate reconciliation with Jesus and with one another. I will share how we will live this together. Talk#10: The life of God is in each of us for he is at the heart of our being. The more we enter into that truth of who we are, the more we come to the truth of who our brothers and sisters are too. The more we can accept ourselves in all our weaknesses and vulnerability, the more we can accept others.

#5 - Side A: October 23, 1992, English ; Side B: October 24, 1992, French

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We all long for forgiveness. This episode of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery is really a beautiful invitation to meet and to be touched by the loving compassion of pour God in Jesus. We see the importance of the gift and grace of knowing our sinfulness, of knowing our need for God, of knowing our need for forgiveness, There is really only one reason that we would want to know about our sinfulness. It is so that we would indeed know more deeply the tender mercy of God.

#6 - Side A: October 24, 1992, English ; Side B: October 25, 1992, French

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: It is indeed the last will and testament of Jesus to give to us, his disciples, this sign of loving service. He, our Lord and master, goes to each one, kneeling at their feet, washing them and drying them. We know full well that apeter was first shocked and resisted, but changes his mind quickly as he wants to be deeply linked with Jesus. It is fitting that we would now repeat this sacramental ritual that Jesus left us as an example to be followed.

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