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SPIRITUAL COMMUNION SAINT FRANCIS
Spiritual Communion in Celebration of Saint Francis Francis Bernardone was born in Assisi in central Italy in 1181 or 1182. He was...
Phil
Oct 3, 202012 min read


GIFTS
PERSONS ARE GIFTS…. At least Jesus thought so: “Father, I want those you have given me to be where I am.” Persons are gifts which the...
Phil
Oct 2, 20203 min read


MAKING ROOM
NEGATIVITY, FORGIVENESS, AND RESISTING EVIL God our Father, may no-one’s negative actions ever overpower my determination to choose to...
Phil
Sep 29, 20201 min read


SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
HOLY TRINITY, WINCHESTER. Spiritual Communion for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time Loving God, I have come to worship you. Help me to...
Phil
Sep 26, 202012 min read


MASTERPIECE
IN PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW'S EPISTLE READING FROM PHILIPPIANS 2 "So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any...
Phil
Sep 26, 20202 min read


MARY OF WALSINGHAM
THE MAGNIFICAT (Olga Warnke IBVM) My soul glorifies the Lord, My Spirit rejoices in God my Saviour. For he has blessed me lavishly, and...
Phil
Sep 24, 20202 min read


it only takes one....
One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream. One tree can start a forest, One bird can herald spring. One smile begins a...
Phil
Sep 22, 20203 min read


SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
FOR THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME :20th September 2020, FOR FRIENDS AT HOLY TRINITY, WINCHESTER AND OTHER FRIENDS UNABLE TO...
Phil
Sep 19, 202012 min read


EXTRAVAGANCE
TODAY'S GOSPEL READING - LUKE CHAPTER 7 "One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to a meal. When he arrived at the Pharisee’s house and took...
Phil
Sep 17, 20203 min read


SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR 24th SUNDAY
FOR FRIENDS AT HOLY TRINITY, WINCHESTER WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO MASS TODAY, AND FOR OTHER FRIENDS ✠In the name of the Father, and of...
Phil
Sep 13, 202010 min read


AN ENCOURAGING LETTER
A LETTER FROM ISAIAH: “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He...
Phil
Sep 12, 20203 min read


LETTERS FROM HOME
“The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.” Saint Augustine A Letter from God: Revelation chapter 2: 2-6 ‘I know your works, your...
Phil
Sep 10, 20202 min read


I'VE GOT A JOB TO DO
God has created me to do him some definite service he has not committed to another. I have my mission – I may never know it in this life,...
Phil
Sep 4, 20201 min read


SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER, THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. ✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and...
Phil
Sep 4, 202010 min read


quiet space in the midst
PRAYER OF KING ALFRED Grant now, O Lord, to our minds, that they may ascend to You from the difficulties of this world. With the opened...
Phil
Sep 2, 20203 min read


SPIRITUAL COMMUNION 30th AUGUST 2020
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR HOLY TRINITY WINCHESTER AND FRIENDS ON THIS TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. ✠In the name of the Father,...
Phil
Aug 30, 202011 min read


MAKE ME GOOD, LORD,BUT NOT YET!
The life of Augustine is fascinating for its gritty humanity. Augustine is not only a saint, theologian and doctor of the church but also...
Phil
Aug 28, 20205 min read


following quietly
PSALM 23 Lord, you are like a shepherd to me, and so I have all that I need. You give me rest in meadows of green grass, and you lead me...
Phil
Aug 26, 20202 min read


SPIRITUAL COMMUNION 23rd AUGUST 2020
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time ✠In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The word of God is living and...
Phil
Aug 23, 202010 min read


SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES
An ordinary friendship would not get very deep if one of the two friends did all the talking. There needs to be listening as well as...
Phil
Aug 21, 20202 min read
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