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Love the stranger, for you were strangers…” (Deuteronomy 10) This phrase has been in my prayer for the past few days and it connects well with the Gospel of the Good Samaritan which has been chosen as the theme for Continue reading YOU WERE STRANGERS (Christian Unity Week)
Bishop Donal Murray in his 2017 book ‘ In A Landscape Redrawn ‘ quotes from the 1991 work of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ‘ The Persistence of Faith ‘, where he speaks of ‘ a profound redrawing of our moral landscape Continue reading St. Vincent Pallotti Feastday 2024 – Liam McClarey SAC
JESUS, Son of God and Son of Mary, bless our family. Graciously inspire in us the unity, peace, and mutual love that you found in your own family in the little town of Nazareth. MARY, Mother of Jesus and Our Continue reading The Holy Family Prayer
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I’m not used to masculine violence – the sheer strength and force of it. It happened once before when I was about fifteen years old. A lad headbutted my face in the Community Centre under the church in Mervue, leaving Continue reading REALITY: The Birthplace of Jesus
The house feels empty this evening and the High Street is strangely silent. Quiet too is the space down by the Cage at the seafront. Quiet and unusually dark. An enveloping darkness that is almost comforting. There’s a gift in Continue reading YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL
Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory – Day 1 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear Lord, we trust in Your infinite goodness. We praise Your justice and implore Continue reading Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
Every day has its mood and its music. Today, feast of the Holy Souls, it’s Faure’s Requiem. Every other sound seems to jar. Maura and I discovered this Requiem on cassette tape in Birkenhead not long after Dad died back Continue reading EVERY DAY HAS ITS MOOD AND ITS MUSIC
Remember those, O Lord,Who in your peace have died,Yet may not gain love’s high rewardTill love is purified! With you they faced death’s night,Sealed with your victory sign,Soon may the splendour of your lightOn them for ever shine! Sweet is Continue reading Holy Souls – November 2nd