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Phil
Dec 1, 20223 min read
charles de foucauld
Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all....
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Phil
Nov 26, 20222 min read
BROKEN
HAPPY NEW (CHRISTIAN) YEAR on this Advent Sunday. In a poor Middle Eastern village, there was an ancient well, next to which were two...
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Phil
Nov 19, 20223 min read
WHY ME?
Having faith in God is easier when all is going well: - when your children are enjoying life and making your life enjoyable as well; -...
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Phil
Nov 12, 20222 min read
REMEMBERING-2022
“I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that...
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Phil
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Remembering - 1
In my youth, which wasn’t long after Guy Fawkes tried to change our politics , we used to buy boxes of ready-selected fireworks . Various...
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Phil
Nov 4, 20223 min read
Lourdes Cymru
St Winifride (Winefride, Winifred, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh) was born around the year 600 AD. She was the daughter of a chieftain, and her...
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Phil
Oct 28, 20223 min read
SAME NAME....
I'm Phil Collins, but not THAT one. Even now, people snigger when I introduce myself. At one time in Winchester Paul Newman, Michael...
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Phil
Oct 18, 20222 min read
ISAIAH 61 SORT OF PEOPLE
Jesus is given this portion of Scripture to read at His home Synagogue in Nazareth. It seems to me that this is vital to Luke. His is the...
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Phil
Oct 16, 20224 min read
PRECARIOUS!
“Pray continually and never lose heart” This is the heading given to today’s Mass readings in the Missal. Saint Luke introduces a parable...
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Phil
Oct 13, 20223 min read
PATRON SAINT OF DIFFICULT MARRIAGES!
Edward was born in the early 1000s, the son of King Ethelred the Unready. After a Danish invasion in 1013, he was sent to exile in...
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Phil
Sep 18, 20223 min read
TWO CROWNS
The Imperial State Crown was crafted in 1937 for the coronation of George VI, to replace the heavier crown worn by Queen Victoria. The...
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Phil
Sep 11, 20223 min read
THE APPRENTICE
As schools return, so Autumn overtakes the former balminess of summer. Nature, already preparing itself for previous drought, Converts...
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Phil
Aug 22, 20221 min read
IN QUIETNESS & TRUST, STRENGTH.
In returning and rest, you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength. Isaiah 30. 15 Within most of us there is a...
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Phil
Aug 11, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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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