Tag: Fr John’s Weekly
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Our Inner Self
Are you praying more in these quiet days? Are you thinking, reading, more? Are you glad of the slowing down of life so that you have more time, or worried by the slowing down because you don’t know what to do with the extra time? In the film ‘Educating Rita’ a lady in a rowdy…
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Could You Write A Book?
Did you ever say “I could write a book”? Now is the time to do it. You have entertained other people with your stories time and again, now you can do it for yourself. All you need is paper and pen because the quiet and time are already yours. Start at the beginning. Tell us…
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Covid 19 – NHS Applause
At 8.00 pm on Thursday evening, we rang the church bell and lit the beautiful windows which light out across the traffic lights junction. It was our parish way of applauding the NHS and all who serve us in this difficult time by continuing at their work. It was good to know that around the…
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Beloved Amazon (Querida Amazonia)
“Querida Amazonia” (“Beloved Amazonia,”) is the title of the long-awaited document by Pope Francis, following last year’s Synod on the Amazon. In it he shares his dreams for the region whose destiny concerns everyone: (1) In the fight for the rights of the poor (2) Preserve of the cultural riches of the region (3) The…
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Prejudice
On the wall of one of our primary school classrooms was a large map of the world. The teacher would say proudly “Look, children, all the red is ours.” There was a lot of red – Canada, Australia, parts of Africa and Asia. It was our empire, she told us. Living in Wales, a country…
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News – January 2020
What a week for our world. News from China has dominated: the coronavirus and its powerful impact on global travel, Huwei and the 5G network, persecution of Muslims and Christians in re-education camps and destruction of churches. President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu put brave faces on a solution to the problems of the Holy…
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Blessings
Every now and then I catch my breath at how blessed my life has been. It happened again, just before morning mass on 31st December – the feast of Pope St Sylvester. The whole story flooded back . . . Pope Sylvester was the pope of the era of the Emperor Constantine – who gave…
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Memory
Memory is wonderful. We may re-live the days of our lives whenever we choose, returning time and again to the happiest, revisiting the sad days knowing that they are in the past, the worst is over. Do you ever ask yourself about living such days again – a favourite hour, day, holiday, a wonderful year,…
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Freedom Of Choice
Pope Francis has been visiting two of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique and Madagascar, because he wants to reach out to the poorest of the world. He also visited Mauritius and he spoke there of “the idolatrous model” which uses the island as a tax haven. He urged the government to “promote an…