Phil
CLARITY
... an appreciation of St Clare. Clare Offreduccio was born in 1194, the daughter of a wealthy family in Assisi . When she was eighteen...
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Phil
- Aug 3
- 3 min
LIVING WITH PILES
Father Gould was tremendously well-organised. Having been a major in the army, he had us all out on parade every morning for Morning...
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Phil
- Jul 31
- 5 min
RACY & LEWD
Ignatius, whose day it is today (31st July) , was born in 1491 in northern Spain; the youngest of thirteen children. Aged sixteen he was...
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Phil
- Jul 29
- 3 min
BAD PRESS
There are at least two people in the New Testament who I feel get a bad press. One is Judas. I’m certain he followed Jesus in all good...
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Phil
- Jul 27
- 1 min
hands
You asked for my hands that you might use them for your purpose. I gave them for a moment then withdrew them for the work was hard. You...
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Phil
- Jul 24
- 1 min
FROM Sr.GERD
Dear Fr, Thank you for your blog and for including me and the Church and Nation of Sweden in your prayers. Here is a short message of...
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Phil
- Jul 23
- 2 min
BRIDGET
St. Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden was born in 1303 to pious parents who were related to Sweden’s reigning royal family. When Bridget was...
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Phil
- Jul 22
- 2 min
PROSTITUTE?!!
I’m not sure what you know about me. I’m a woman from the region of Galilee, actually, from the prosperous shipping district called ...
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Phil
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Mount Carmel
A very English observance. More people will have heard of Our Lady of Walsingham than Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Our Lady of Mount Carmel...
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Phil
- Jul 14
- 3 min
ADDICTION?
Mine's chocolate. Can't get enough of it. Can't resist it! My uncle, sadly, was addicted to gambling. His lovely, patient wife stuck with...
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Phil
- Jul 11
- 3 min
BENEDICT AT STARBUCKS
"I planted two big pots of flowers at Starbucks. I thought we needed some beauty and nature in the cement-world where the Starbucks store...
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Phil
- Jul 9
- 2 min
A GOOD SAMARITAN IS....
Lectio Divina for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time "A lawyer, anxious to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘Who is my neighbour?’...
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Phil
- Jul 7
- 3 min
SKELLIG- NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED!
Skellig Michael and Little Skellig, are towering sea crags rising from the Atlantic Ocean almost 12 kilometres west of the Ivereagh...
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Phil
- Jul 1
- 2 min
I'M NEEDED!
The Mission of My Life – Saint John Henry Newman God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me...
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Phil
- Jun 24
- 3 min
HEART OF THE MATTER
Devotion to the Sacred Heart can be seen as early as the second century with St. Justin Martyr and in the 7th century with Pope Gregory...
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Phil
- Jun 22
- 3 min
ALBAN & KOLBE
"I worship and adore the true and living God who created all things." St. Alban is venerated as Britain's first Christian martyr. For...
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Phil
- Jun 19
- 4 min
RABBI....
“When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.” Luke 5:11. Since the fishermen Jesus called were...
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Phil
- Jun 16
- 2 min
HID IN THINE EARTHLY HOME
Francis Stanfield was born in Camden in 1835,and died in Clapton, East London in 1914. He was the son of Clarkson Stanfield...
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Phil
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Revolution!
“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 11
- 2 min
3-in-1
LECTIO DIVINA for Trinity Sunday I begin my prayer by making a very slow, thoughtful sign of the cross. ✠ In the name of the Father, and...
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