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THE CRYPTIC SHROUD
"The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence... or it is one of the most ingenious,...
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Phil
- Aug 31
- 3 min
THE MYSTERIOUS SHROUD PART TWO
"The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence... or it is one of the most ingenious,...
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Phil
- Aug 27
- 4 min
shrouded in mystery
When I was in my second curacy (we had two curacies in “the olden days”) in a remote market town in the middle of Fenland Cambridgeshire,...
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Phil
- Aug 12
- 3 min
MAX EFFECT
Raymond Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Zdunska-Wola, Poland. He was a lively and clever child, he felt drawn to follow Our Lord...
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Phil
- Aug 5
- 4 min
RETIRED
"I'm often asked, in a kindly way, if I'm enjoying my retirement, and immediately that conjures up a picture of armchairs, pipes and...
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Phil
- Jul 25
- 3 min
COME APART....
I want to share with you one of my favourite lines from Scripture. Jesus said: "Come apart by yourselves to a quiet place and get some...
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Phil
- Jul 20
- 5 min
GOLDEN JUBILEE
Last Saturday we at Holy Trinity were thrilled to celebrate with Fr John Brownsell on the occasion of him serving fifty years as a...
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Phil
- Jun 15
- 3 min
REVOLUTIONARY
"The real Christian is always a revolutionary. To say day by day “Thy Kingdom Come” – if these tremendous words really stand for a...
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Phil
- Jun 15
- 1 min
FEAR
In our anxiety, fear and uncertainty, when hearts are heavy with the load we bear, and there is no one to turn toward but you; yours is...
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Phil
- May 28
- 2 min
BREAD FOR CARLO
Carlo Carretto (1910-1988), Italian writer, mystic, and member of the Little Brothers of Jesus, modelled himself upon desert...
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Phil
- Apr 24
- 2 min
TOUCHING WOUNDS, HEALING PAIN.
Whatsoever You Do .....being Christ to others as we touch the hurting places of their lives Hands at work, outstretched to welcome,...
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Phil
- Apr 11
- 2 min
TIME ON OUR HANDS
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27 I will not forget you! See, I have...
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Phil
- Apr 5
- 2 min
BREAKING & ENTERING
On the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors of the house where the disciples had gathered were locked because...
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Phil
- Mar 30
- 3 min
END OF THE LINE?
“WHAT DID THEY DO ON THAT SATURDAY?” The Joseph from Arimathea presented in the biblical gospels was a "secret disciple of Jesus”...
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Phil
- Mar 28
- 2 min
STATION CASUALTY
Jesus falls a second and a third time Not only was Jesus sentenced to die on the cross but he was also tasked to carry the cross the...
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Phil
- Mar 25
- 2 min
STATION REFRESHMENT
The sixth station of the cross tells of a woman named Veronica from Jerusalem who, upon seeing Jesus on the Via Dolorosa, offers Jesus...
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Phil
- Mar 22
- 3 min
THE STATION PORTER
Jesus is exhausted. His footsteps become more and more unsteady, and the soldiers are in a hurry to be finished. They take hold of a man...
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Phil
- Mar 16
- 4 min
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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Phil
- Mar 9
- 2 min
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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Phil
- Mar 1
- 4 min
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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