Daily Prayers

Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Fr Johns Weekly:

Democracy UK

We knew what would happen on Tuesday last. Sir Graham Brady’s amendment was certain to pass (uniting the Conservative Party), which meant the other amendments would be defeated, except for the safe non-binding one re our not leaving the EU without a deal. Conservative Party safe. What happens now? Negotiations, in Brussels, and here in…

03/02/2019
Time

People don’t like going out in the evenings. We must accept that. Maybe for a meal, for a drink, to play bingo, to watch a football or rugby match, to go shopping, to go to the cinema or theatre, visit family or friends, to go for a walk or run or a cycle ride. But…

26/01/2019
Dark & Light

A little while ago I wrote of the love in some of our parish homes felt by those who had lost their spouse. They were aware of their seeming to be still near, small acts of teasing love being played, sometimes vivid awareness of their presence, even occasionally hearing or seeing the loved one. Whatever…

20/01/2019
Our Peoples Cry

A railroad track ran behind our small church and each Sunday morning we would hear the whistle from a distance and then the clacking of the wheels moving over the track. We became disturbed when one Sunday we noticed cries coming from a train as it passed by.

13/01/2019
Keep On Living

Every evening at supper the names of our brethren who had died the previous day were read and a summary given of their lives. They were fascinating. Some of the men had lived quiet lives in parishes or schools, some had had adventurous lives in the African and South American Missions, others had been in…

06/01/2019
2018 Sunset

Thank you, Everyone. I am happy in my days of prayer and reflection, days of retreat. By rule of life a priest has to set aside time simply for God – each day, and each year a week or two. The weeks I have long chosen are Christmas and Easter and how prayerful they are.…

29/12/2018
Praying – Blessed Sacrament

(5) I told them about children who had no home, no school, lived on the streets and had no one to care for them, and about Fr Peter and ‘Let the Children Live’. Would they pray for girls and boys who had no home, no school. They did . . .

23/12/2018
Jesus Of Nazareth

November is the saddest month. The warmth of the year has gone, the leaves have fallen, the days are short and we wait for December and the promise of new life and hope in the birth of Jesus.

01/12/2018
Fifty Percent

It was fascinating to follow the Mid-term Election Campaign in the USA. How convincing each good speaker seemed, how justifiable their arguments, and the President seemed to win applause wherever he went and for whatever he said. The polls were correct in what they forecast, so we already “knew” the result of the election if…

11/11/2018
Praying – Daily

Beautifully simple. “Today, Father, I shall take your love to the people in what I say and do . . . Thank you, Father, for the day drawing to its close. I have spoken and acted in your love and offer all I am to you . . .”

07/10/2018
Pope Francis – Visit To Ireland

We pray with the people of Ireland. So much good might come from Pope Francis’ visit – but much harm if he does not hear the anger of hurts caused and justice to be done. He cannot smile or wave away pleasantly all that still needs to be healed in Ireland and throughout the Catholic…

26/08/2018
Christ’s Sufferings – Church Sex Abuse (1)

Christ suffers with his church in every age. The crucifixion is an ever-present reality – Crusades, Inquisitions, The Reformation, horrifying wars between Christian countries (Europe) and tribes (Rwanda and South Sudan, for example), and corruption at the highest levels.

18/08/2018