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St Clare.  Tuesday 11th August, 2020 It is sometimes difficult to know when to lie and when not to lie. Yesterday I watched the film...

StLawrence of Brindisi.  Monday 10th August, 2020 I've always had a 'soft spot' admiration for St Lawrence. He was martyred in the most...

Sunday 9th August, 2020 It just goes on, one makes the most of it. One does one's best or hopes one does. Even though it just goes on it...

St Dominic. Saturday 8th August, 2020 Yesterday I wrote of the contrast between the lives of the people in Beirut and my life when going...

Friday 7th August, 2020 It seems so bizarre to be reading of the horrendous explosion and dessimation of parts of Beirut while preparing...

The Transfiguration. Thursday 6th August, 2020 I had decide a few days ago to attend the local Catholic Mass today. I had seen the Chair...

Wednesday 5th August, 2020 It rained all day yesterday. I didn't get out of my pyjamas and spent quite some time on my bed reading and...

St Jean Marie Vianney. Tuesday 4th August, 2020 The life and story and myths surrounding St Jean are for us all. He was not an academic...

Monday 3rd August, 2020 According to the weekly weather predictions it seemed as if today, Monday, would be semi sunny until 2pm and then...

Sunday 2nd August, 2020 I was hugely cheered by two young boys, they looked about 5 or 6 years old, in a suburb of London selling home...

St Alphonsus Liguori. Saturday 1st August, 2020 I am reading an extraordinary book ' The Compassionate Mind' by Paul Gilbert. The latest...

Thursday 30th July, 2020 I'm a little muddled this morning. Although I was able to stream a service from Leigh on Sea in Norfolk for a...

St Martha. Wednesday 28th July, 2020 It sums up the vacuity of life when one is excited at the prospect of the boiler man coming. I'm not...

Tuesday 28th July, 2020 Yesterday's drizzle has gone but it was substantial as the wheel barrow is half full of water and the water butt...

Monday 27th July, 2020 It is a day when one could be deeply fed up. The drizzle settled in before I was awake or got up. Six hours later...

Sunday 26th July, 2020 All my life I have been very conscious of my body shape. I had two sporty brothers who were ever seemingly fit and...

Saturday 25th July, 2020 Of late there hasn't been much sunshine in my part of Scotland. When it does come it is like a bonus, a special...

Friday 24th July, 2020. At times it feels as if chaos and tumult reign. The pandemic causes opinions and solutions and peoples to divide....

St Bridget of Sweden.  Thursday 23rd July, 2020 I emailed a friend last night in Wiltshire. I knew her family had visited over the week...

St Mary Magdalene. Wednesday 22nd July, 2020 There are certain characters and deeds in the gospel stories which have a huge appeal for...