Daily Lenten Thought February 20th
Yesterday I went to visit some parishioners in hospital. On my way home I came on the scene of a serious accident. Emergency services were there and some shocked passers-by.…
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Daily Lenten Thought February 19th
Two Balloons for Sarah Ann … Just had a short prayer service in the local cemetery with a family remembering their baby, Sarah Ann, who died just before birth two…
Daily Lenten Thought February 18th
Looking at today’s gospel, it strikes me there’s no point writing too much. It boils down to the Golden Rule – “Treat others as you’d like them to treat you”.…
Daily Lenten Thought February 17th
“There’s something greater than Jonah here” The link between Old Testament and Gospel is particularly obvious in today’s Scripture Passages at Mass. Jonah making his three day trek across Nineveh,…
Daily Lenten Thoughts February 16th
We’re nearly a week into Lent now. How is it going? Have there been slips? Chances are, there have been some … As they say so often at meetings: “Where…
Daily Lenten Thought February 15th
Just in from Mass. Matthew’s account of the final judgement. Sheep on the right and goats on the left. Reward and punishment. Consequences. Sometimes I say a prayer at Mass,…
Daily Lenten Thought February 14th (St Valentine’s Day)
Today we celebrate St Valentine’s Day. Celebrations may take the form of sharing gifts, cards, going out for meals to name but a few. For some it will just be…
Daily Lenten Thought February 13th
Four days at this! Not sure it’s reaching out but maybe it’s reaching in! Chances are that’s what we need to do during Lent – reach in so that we…
Daily Lenten Thought February 12th
“What about us?”, they said, “we left everything and followed you?” An old priest I know said he often thinks Jesus must have laughed when they said this and thought…
Daily Lenten Thought February 11th
“You’ve great heart”, I said to him. Truth told, I didn’t know what to say or how to say it. He’s in his early twenties and has been in hospital…