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PEACE PRAYERS
THE FIRST TUESDAY IN LENT. A PRAYER FOR UKRAINE (FROM CAFOD) Loving God, we pray for the people of Ukraine, for all those suffering or...
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Mar 7, 20221 min read
FIRST MONDAY IN LENT
Lord, Your forgiveness is total, no notebook, video recorder, or post-it note to remind you of that moment when.…….. You take our...
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Mar 6, 20221 min read
GIVING UP?
It is customary, Lord to give something up during the season of Lent. What would you have me do without? I who have so much. Chocolate?...
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Mar 5, 20222 min read
PRAYERS for today
The First Saturday in Lent: A prayer for Russian and Ukrainian people, from The Church of Ireland Lord of all people and all nations, we...
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Mar 4, 20222 min read
PRAYING
THE PILGRIM’S SECRET - Basil Hume. Ten Golden Rules 1. Plan to pray; do not leave it to chance. Select a time and a place (a room...
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Mar 3, 20222 min read
ASH & FATIMA
For a couple in ministry I feel that Jan and I have an unhealthy interest in murder-mysteries. For us, it’s “Midsomer Murders”, which...
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Mar 2, 20221 min read
ASH WEDNESDAY
....with Walter Brueggemann This Wednesday dazzles us with gift and newness and possibility. This Wednesday burdens us with the tasks of...
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Feb 18, 20224 min read
CALLED TO SERVE
The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order I was on the rota to celebrate the Midday Mass yesterday. I had a choice of readings; The...
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Phil
Feb 13, 202210 min read
PEACE IN OUR TIME?
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR THE SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ✠In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The...
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Phil
Feb 6, 20227 min read
DEVOTED TO SERVICE
TODAY MARKS THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S ACCESSION TO THE THRONE. WE GIVE THANKS FOR HER DEVOTED, UNTIRING SERVICE. On this...
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Feb 3, 20222 min read
SORE THROATS
Saint Blaise (4th Century) - The first known record of his life comes from the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus, where he is recorded...
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Jan 30, 20229 min read
LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR TODAY. Today we remember when Jesus was presented in the Temple by Mary and Joseph. Outwardly he was fulfilling...
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Jan 23, 20225 min read
GOOD NEWS
Jesus visits the Synagogue where his own faith had been nurtured, and tells the people amongst whom he has lived that His is a mission in...
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Jan 16, 20227 min read
LISTEN......
Spiritual Communion for The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time ✠In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen....
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Jan 9, 20228 min read
SPIRITUAL MASS FOR THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
✠In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In today’s celebration we recall Our Lord's second...
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Phil
Jan 5, 20223 min read
EPIPHANY THOUGHTS
A REFLECTION FOR EPIPHANY-TIDE: Thinking about Desmond Tutu, Max Woosey and Tobias Weller this Epiphany-tide. (Homily last Sunday at Holy...
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Phil
Jan 1, 20224 min read
MOTHER OF GOD
REFLECTION AND SPIRITUAL COMMUNION Yesterday, 1st January, was the Solemnity of MARY, MOTHER OF GOD. THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM ST PAUL'S...
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Dec 31, 20212 min read
INTO 2022
INTO THE NEW YEAR....... Lord, I commit my failures as well as my successes into your hands, and I bring for your healing the people and...
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Dec 24, 20212 min read
CHRIST CLIMBED DOWN
CHRIST CLIMBED DOWN FROM HIS BARE TREE by Lawrence Ferlinghetti from his “A Coney Island of the Mind” published in 1958 Christ climbed...
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Dec 19, 20216 min read
ADVENT 4 SPIRITUAL MASS
Today we light the Fourth Candle, the Candle of Joy, to remember Mary the mother of Our Lord. May our hearts be filled with joy as we...
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