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MARY WAITS AT THE STATION
THE FOURTH STATION - JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER. the most-moving encounter along the Way is this meeting. Amongst the bloodthirsty crowd is...
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Mar 92 min read
LEAVING THE STATION
.....and picking up the baggage. For some, the cross is a piece of jewellery, which can be worn around the neck, and it may in addition...
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Mar 14 min read
STATIONARY
Prayerful meditation through the STATIONS OF THE CROSS is a particular devotion during Lent and on Fridays throughout the year, leading...
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Jan 153 min read
Proof-text against Puritans.
"Jesus himself was a guest at a wedding in Cana. We've heard it all before. He turned the water into wine. (It's our proof-text against...
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Jan 105 min read
LOOSE CANON
Fr Jamie asked me to cover for him after Christmas, which I was happy to do. Below is my address for the Feast of the Holy Family,...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
MEXICAN HOLIDAY
On the 12th December, 1531, a poor, 57-year-old Aztec Indian living five miles outside of Mexico City encountered a miraculous happening...
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Oct 28, 20233 min read
REVOLTING SAINTS-4
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez was born to a large, poor family in a small village in El Salvador in 1917. He was sent to Rome to study...
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Oct 20, 20234 min read
REVOLTING SAINTS - 3
Dorothy Day (1897 – 1980) …..was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known...
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Oct 13, 20234 min read
REVOLTING SAINTS - 2
Wilfrid (634-709) is one of the greatest and also one of the most controversial of English Saints. He helped bring the discipline of the...
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Oct 7, 20233 min read
REVOLTING SAINTS
1. "Our Lady Who Brings Down Walls" - Palestine / Israel Graffiti painted along the Separation wall, near the Emmanuel Monastery in...
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Sep 23, 20234 min read
PILGRIM
TODAY IS THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM. England’s Nazareth Walsingham has been a place of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages —...
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Sep 20, 20232 min read
Prayers for Peace
First celebrated in 1982, The International Day of Peace is a United Nations-sanctioned observance on September 21, dedicated to world...
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Sep 6, 20233 min read
THE PREMIER INN
It was my privilege to celebrate Holy Communion at St Cross (Winchester) today. Straight from the Book of Common Prayer, words resonating...
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Aug 26, 20233 min read
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Birth Name: Nathanael or Bartholomew ( he seems to answer to both) Patron Saint of: Armenia, tanners, plasterers, cheese merchants, those...
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Aug 19, 20235 min read
ENGLAND!
....I promise you that this post has nothing to do with Lionesses! I'll begin with a prayer by Thomas Merton, who has featured in two...
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Aug 14, 20233 min read
ASSUMPTION EVE
The 15th August is one of the most important days in the Catholic and Orthodox Calendars. It is a celebration of Mary, Mother of Jesus,...
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Aug 5, 20232 min read
MORE THOMAS MERTON
Merton realized that so many people are weighed down by deep hurts, anger, resentment, lost loves, broken relationships, desperately...
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Aug 4, 20233 min read
THOMAS MERTON...
... has become over the years a favourite "read" of mine - a saint without the handle of "saint", a Christian who tried to live the best...
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Jul 29, 20233 min read
TIME.....
Time is our most precious commodity. Our clocks run from birth to death, during times of joy and sorrow, work and play: business and...
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Jun 11, 20234 min read
BROKEN-HEARTED GOD
Last Sunday, Trinity Sunday, at Holy Trinity Winchester, we looked in detail at the world-famous Trinity icon, written by Andrei Rublev,...
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