OK, I know! I haven’t blogged much in quite a while. Life has been busy but it’s not the whole story. To be honest, I haven’t had a great deal of desire to blog. I mean at times I’ve felt like I’d like to write something but the thought of actually having to sit down [...]
Without the Holy Spirit, God is distant, Christ is merely an historical figure, the Gospel is a dead letter, the Church is just an organization, authority is domination, mission is propaganda, liturgy is only nostalgia, and the work of Christians is slave labour. But with the Holy Spirit, Christ is risen and present, the Gospel [...]
For a while now I have been storing ideas for posting to the blog. The only problem is there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of time to blog and more importantly research my thoughts and ideas. However, I hope with time these ideas will become printed text for this blog! As you [...]
Today saw the Requiem Mass (Funeral Mass) following the unexpected death of one of our parishioners. She was a good woman and was an active member of the parish. Unfortunately I was unable to attend as I am still in London. Today, also sees the Birthday of my mate Tombo, who turns a grand 26 [...]
Lent is here! Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent and is a day of Fasting and Abstinence. Fasting is always an interesting process! For Catholics, fasting is reducing one’s intake of food to one full meal a day, and one should generally abstain from meat. To fast means to eat only one full meal [...]
Today*, I became a God Father for the first time. Pretty exciting stuff The ceremony went really well and was the celebration it deserved to be. I feel privileged to have been asked to be a God Father. There was much celebration afterwards and it was the first time in ages I had scones, cream [...]
According to a report in the Telegraph, lawyers have told the Roman Catholic church they cannot sack a Catholic headmaster who has entered a civil partnership with a male teacher. The Archdiocese of Liverpool has been unable to take action against the Catholic Headmaster of St. Cecilia’s Primary School, Charles Coyne, who registered a same-sex [...]
I saw this small poppy garden in France just outside of a large church. It has a rather simple message. It reads; Passers by … a thought … I was what you are, you will be what I am. I took the picture back in October 2005 on my camera phone back then which was [...]
Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet, on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet. Yours are the eyes, you are his [...]
In the stillness of this moment … I am thankful for my creativity. For who I am. In the stillness of this moment … I am thankful for the gift of music. I am thankful for the early hours. In the stillness of this moment … I am thankful for bird song. In the stillness [...]