Posted: 23 September 2020
Good morning - getting cooler and darker for sure. Thank you for thinking about Cafod’s Harvest Fast Day
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Posted: 22 September 2020
As we saw yesterday, Cafod’s Harvest Fast Day is coming up and I know they are depending on support from parishes especially in these times of the pandemic which has hit countries across the world far more so than ours.
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Posted: 21 September 2020
What news! It’s a solid reminder to all os to keep safe for our own sake and for the sake of the people we care for. Please.
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Posted: 20 September 2020
Today is the Feast of St Matthew for whom I have a special affection being the title of my old parish where I grew up and from which I was ordained.
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Posted: 19 September 2020
As you know, we’re in the Season of Creation - a time to ponder and pray about our relationship with our God-given world and all it entails, all it encompasses.
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Posted: 17 September 2020
Yesterday we prayed for a sense of clarity through these muddled times.
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Posted: 16 September 2020
As you know we have celebrated a number of feast in honour of Our Lady recently: the Assumption; the Queenship of Mary; Our Lady’s Birthday and Our Lady of Sorrows
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Posted: 15 September 2020
Good morning How about a little frivolity?
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Posted: 14 September 2020
And yet - one’s heart goes out to the people of the western United States whose houses and forests are being destroyed by fire and climate change is probably one of the main causes.
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Posted: 13 September 2020
I had an interesting and delightful Zoom meeting with my classmates last night; it was celebrating 50 years since we first met as a class in Upholland, as we began our studies and formation for diocesan priesthood.
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Posted: 10 September 2020
Friday is our traditional day of abstinence - historically that meant not eating meat.
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Posted: 09 September 2020
I came across a superb one-liner in the Tablet last week: ‘Christians aren’t sales people for the Gospel - we are called to be free samples of it’.
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