Posted: 13 May 2020
Parish priests receive all the magazines from the missionary societies but we don’t always read them - sadly. However, with a little more time available I have taken the opportunity to more than scan them. And so over the next few days, I will share some of their insights.
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Posted: 11 May 2020
The response to yesterday’s letter was great and elicited one surprise: Myfanwy - not the most cheerful in translation but sung by the Morriston choir rather beautiful
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Posted: 10 May 2020
We had some lovely responses to yesterday’s letter; some great suggestions as to music in time of sadness and especially during these strange days.
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Posted: 09 May 2020
I’ve been listening to some music over these last few days just to try to find some calm and resolution. I know that the pain of loss can’t be solved by music or by anything except time and love
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Posted: 08 May 2020
Thank you for all your prayers and support over these last few days. Michael’s funeral went well - albeit, like every other one in these strange and difficult times, we were limited to only a few people and there was a time limit.
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Posted: 06 May 2020
I’ve always had a great admiration for shop assistants; the way they deal with awkward customers, their patience when dealing with eejits like me who can’t find the right shelf, their capacity to keep working at sometimes very unsocial hours are all quite remarkable.
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Posted: 05 May 2020
Many apologies for the late start to Mass yesterday - I got distracted after the Funeral and we didn’t start until 12.15pm
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Posted: 04 May 2020
Today at 10.45am, I will help to celebrate the funeral of Lourdes Campbell, a nurse from Bolton Royal Hospital who died as a result of Covid 19.
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Posted: 03 May 2020
Blessings on this Good Shepherd Sunday, a day on which traditionally we pray for vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. Let’s do so today.
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Posted: 02 May 2020
There’s a lot of talk and jokes these days about the ‘new normal’ and a lot of hopes expressed about more sensitive ways of working, travel and relationships.
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Posted: 29 April 2020
Today is the feast of St Catherine of Siena, an extraordinary woman. She was a mystic for sure but she combined this with a remarkable hardheadedness which enabled her to speak truth to power.
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Posted: 29 April 2020
If you are housebound or self-isolating at this time, please use these prayers to unite yourself with the worship of the Universal Church, and your own Parish, this Sunday.
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