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The Songs of the Angels - A beautiful little boy in my old parish died this week from a sudden accident. One moment he was playing, the next he was seriously injured, and the next, ...1 hour ago
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There are no safeguards in this bill - Comment by Archbishop Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Peter Smith on Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill 15/05/2013 1:05 http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/Ho...2 hours ago
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John Henry Newman: The Holy Spirit is a Spring of Health and Salvation - The Holy Ghost…dwells in body and soul, as in a temple. [...] He is able to search into all our thoughts, and penetrate into every motive of the heart. Th...2 hours ago
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To Somerset... - ...for a country weekend. Spent much of Saturday sitting in the sunshine reading through the essays sent in by children (hundreds of them!) for the annual ...2 hours ago
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Pentecost Sequence - This is the wonderful Sequence for Pentecost, with Latin and English text below: Veni, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte caelitus lucis tuae radium. Veni, pate...5 hours ago
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Pentecost: high point of the Year of Faith? - The Solemnity of Pentecost - the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the infant Church of the Apostles gathered around the person of Mary - s...6 hours ago
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If you were the regional director of Walmart or BMW...... - ....or any other corporation that saw...... 1. A *70%* fall in customer enrolment 2. A* 50%* drop in new customer sales 3. A *56%* decline in staff r...7 hours ago
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Whitsunday - A Pentecost Meditation Alleluia! Today the Spirit of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like a torrent of win...8 hours ago
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Pray While you Drive! - What a great idea! But be attentive: don't want you driving in figure eights!
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Pierrot Bodice - From The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Differentiated from the full-fledged Pierrot costume, the Pierrot as a shaped bodice flourished in that gasp of Rococ...9 hours ago
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Mary, Queen of Scots in Edinburgh this Summer - The National Museum of Scotland will host an exhibition on Mary, Queen of Scots which includes quite a few events and lectures, including one by Lady Anton...
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WDTPRS: Pentecost Sunday: weaving and imbuing and saving and dyeing - The Fiftieth Day Feast, Hebrew Shavuot or Greek Pentekosté, for the Jews commemorated the descent of God’s Law to Moses on Mount Sinai, wreathed in fire, f...10 hours ago
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Monday - 8th Week in Ordinary Time [I] - May 27 - *Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time [I]* *Sirach 17:20-24 + Psalm 32 + Mark 10:17-27* *May 27, 2013* *“How hard it is for those who have we...10 hours ago
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Pentecost 2013 - The Witness of the Spirit - Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; Psalm 104; Romans 8: 8-17; John 14: 15-16, 23-26 The Dominican Priory in Oxford – Blackfriars – is dedicated to the Holy Spirit, wh...10 hours ago
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Among The Swivel-Eyed Loons - Blair was the first Labour Leader, and to date the last, to take that view of his activists, although he did hold it very strongly indeed. But it has been ...14 hours ago
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Love never says "Enough" - Josquin des Prez Veni Sancte Spiritus __________________________ God ordained in the old law that fire should be kept continually burning upon his...
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Sunday Scripture: Pentecost Sunday (Year C). - Welcome to this, the forty-third of my reflections on the theology of the Sunday readings at Mass. I have undertaken this project, regularly posting backg...
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Archbishop Peter Smith : Please pray for Christians in China - Earlier this month Archbishop Peter Smith received a letter from Cardinal Joseph Zen SDB, the Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, asking for prayers for Christ...21 hours ago
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Church Membership in Decline - *Jerusalem, Easter Day, AD 33. * Shocking figures in this week's *Catholic Herald* (editor, Matthew Bar-Alphaeus) indicate that Church Membership, which st...
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Irish PM Enda Kenny lies through his teeth when he says that his abortion bill doesn’t legalise abortion - Enda Kenny, the Irish PM, has yet again lied to the Irish people that the cynically named 'Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013' will not legalise...1 day ago
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From the HTB Leadership Conference to Our Lady of Fatima - It was good to be at the HTB Leadership Conference on Monday and Tuesday. They filled the Albert Hall, and still managed to sell a few hundred extra ticket...1 day ago
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Nagel and his critics, Part IX - Returning to my series on the critics of Thomas Nagel’s *Mind and Cosmos*, let’s look at the recent *Commonweal magazine symposium* on the book. The cont...
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Potato Pete - *Potato Pete* Norman Rockwell *Rosie the Riveter* 1943 Oil on canvas 52 x 40 in. (132.1 x 101.6 cm) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Ben...
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Uterus Transplant Baby Lost - This is so incredibly sad for so many reasons. There is really nothing else to say. (I have already expressed my concerns about uterine transplants * here*....1 day ago
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Chartres Pilgrimage: This Weekend - Over the years NLM has always particularly enjoyed covering this particular event, the annual Chartres pilgrimage organized by Notre Dame de Chrétienté. ...1 day ago
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Book Review 3: Consuming the Word - *This post links to RAnn's Sunday Snippets* Go here to check out my review of Scott Hahn's new book, *Consuming the Word.*1 day ago
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ADHD; a fictitious disease (according to the man who "discovered" it) - Here is an interesting article about ADHD. There is growing evidence that it does not exist. Certainly there is a condition in some children of a lack of a...1 day ago
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Scott Hahn’s Consuming the Word - Here’s a book review by guest blogger and catechist Christian LeBlanc. Christian is author of The Bible Tells Me So–a charming and enlightening book to hel...1 day ago
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Uproar Over Ginger School Invite - *This child was subjected to over five years of bullying over his hair colour*The National Association of Safeguarding for Ginger Haired Pupils (NASGH) hav...1 day ago
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Same-sex marriage votes imminent, contact your MP now - As MPs prepare to debate and vote on the report stage and third reading of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on *Monday (20 May) and Tuesd...2 days ago
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Pius X's Daily "Fix" - I encourage people to come to daily Mass, I celebrate Mass daily, I think going to Holy Communion daily is a good thing but it was not always thus. St Pi...2 days ago
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I was glad - no alternative to Parry? - I have been complaining lately about the scarcity of Catholic music in the Catholic church locally. I was accused of being small minded and that anyway the...2 days ago
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The Cuckoo in Pope Francis's Nest - "GK Chesterton once remarked that the Catholic Church was ‘an institution run with such slavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God, it wouldn...2 days ago
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A Selection of the Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII to the English People...a reminder - *To the Catholics of England* In such a cause we, first of all, call to our assistance as our allies the Catholics of England, whose faith and piety we kn...2 days ago
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Lay Catholics in Scotland and knowing nothing - * Like mushrooms, the laity thrive in the dark....* * *I've been thinking a great deal recently about this business of...
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Novena to St Philip Neri - [image: Saint Philip Neri] St Philip Neri Image: findagrave.com This evening at the Oxford Oratory we shall start the annual Novena to St Philip Neri i...2 days ago
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Archbishop of Westminster helps launch new World Youth Day booklet from CTS - At an event at the Centre for Youth Ministries in Oxford UK earlier this week, a new booklet for young people was presented by one of its authors James Kel...2 days ago
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Were the Apostles confirmed at Pentecost? - *Solemnity of Pentecost* *And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming: and it filled the whole house where they were sitting...
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Methodist Minister is not an Employee - In the case of *President of the Methodist Conference v Preston [2013] UKSC 29 *the Supreme Court had to consider the, surprisingly complex, question of wh...2 days ago
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In agreement with "Call to Action" - A parishioner was quite shocked to find that "Call to Action" - the dissident group calling for change in all sorts of areas of Ch...
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Keep the House of Prayer Open! - The tabernacle in St Stephen's Basilica, Budapest (Source: Wikimedia)What is more precious than the Presence of Our Lord himself in the tabernacles of our c...
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The importance of St Simon Stock - [image: DSCF2133] The Shrine of Aylesford in Kent is used by the Archdiocese of Southwark for some big events, it is a place of local pilgrimage for the U...2 days ago
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Cardinal O'Malley speaks out against abortions for baby girls, advocates adoption and talks about the practical help he has given pregnant women, "My heart is always with women in difficult pregnancies" - The rectory behind Boston Cathedral has scaffolding and is in the process of being partially re-built. As I walk towards it, the interior locution given to...
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A Walk For Life (As Opposed To A March...) - It's actually a sponsored walk, in aid of the Good Counsel Network. They do absolutely amazing stuff, giving real support to women in crisis pregnancies, ...
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The Answer to “Are You Having Any More Children?” - Bear with me on this one, this is a subject close to my heart. You may be wondering well, yes, but what has it got to do with abortion & the prolife moveme...4 days ago
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Help Send Young People to Rio - A few years ago readers of this blog were very generous in helping to raise money to help send young people from West Hull to World Youth Day in Madrid. Th...5 days ago
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Veni Sancte Spiritus - On the menu this week. Last year's links here. This year, we spent about 15 mins tweaking a few bits and everyone pretty happy they can do it fine. H...5 days ago
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Veni Sancte Spiritus - On the menu this week. Last year's links here. This year, we spent about 15 mins tweaking a few bits and everyone pretty happy they can do it fine. H...5 days ago
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Pope Francis Leads March for Life in Rome. Yes! - Setting a wonderful example for priests and - yes - Bishops (yes!) the Holy Father lead the March for Life today in Rome. Security was a little higher th...6 days ago
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The Reformers - . In my previous post, I mentioned that all was not well in the Church at the end of the 1950s, and suggested that Cardinal Heenan's proud proclamation tha...6 days ago
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The Ordinariate at Gainford - As mentioned in the previous post last night I was due at the ordinariate May Festival in Gainford. This is way down south, somewhere near Darlington, and...
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New In The Wall Street Journal: The Father Gordon MacRae Case - Editors Note: In a major development in the case of wrongly imprisoned priest, Father Gordon MacRae, the nations largest newspaper has once again taken up ...1 week ago
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Saint Augustine - a Saint for our time - St Augustine was born in 354 at Thagaste in North Africa. He was baptised by Bishop Ambrose at Easter 386 and ordained priest in 391. Five years later he w...
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Prayers for Mgr Andrew Burnham - Pray for Mgr Andrew Burnham from the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. I have just heard that he was … Continue reading »1 week ago
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Time Out and trolling - I’m taking a break from the Internet for a while, which means I shan’t be regularly checking my email or Twitter or Facebook for some time. At the present ...1 week ago
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Ward Method Studies in Colorado - Prof. Alise A. Brown, music educator and teacher of the Ward Method at the University of Northern Colorado, has kindly allowed us to make available on-line...1 week ago
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On Lies and Live Action Videos - *Lila Rose of Live Action* Live Action's recent undercover videos have brought out a number of Catholic commentators saying that undercover interviews ...
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Sts Philip and James Show Us How to Behold the Face of the Father - *Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome* Listen to my homily for the Feast of Sts Philip and James: Your browser does not support the audio element. If...
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Life-saving abortions - have you ever heard of one? - The result of a "life-saving" procedure.That's how Ireland's proposal to legalise abortion with a its double-speak "Life During Pregnancy Bill" is describe...2 weeks ago
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Looking after orphans and widows in their distress - "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress" James1:27 In addition to thei...
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No Bishops to be Appointed in Scotland, Pending Investigation by Rome - Some of my overseas readers may not be aware that there are three hierarchies in the United Kingdom: one for England and Wales; one for Scotland; and on...
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23 April - The Feast of St George, the Roman Protector of the English Realm - Hans von Aachen. St George slaying the Dragon. The Feast of St George St George for Merrie England! Today is the Feast of *St George, Protector of t...
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Why Evangelicals should be praying for Pope Francis - Pope FrancisIt’s been about a month since the election of Pope Francis, and so I'd like to ask my evangelical brothers and sisters: *have you been praying ...
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Who controls the past, controls the future... - It’s astonishing to look at the reaction of so many people in Ireland to the recent inquest into the death last October of Savita Halappanavar in Galway, and...
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Prayer Request - I’d ask you kindly to pray for my mother, who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer (prognosis unknown yet). Please pray for her health, for a successful ...4 weeks ago
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New guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacred Liturgy in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham . . . - It's my day off today and I just checked my Facebook news feed (as you do :-)) and what jumped out at me was the link to the new Guidelines for the Celebr...
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Facebook - It is well known amongst educationalists that if you are struggling to get a shy child to communicate what they have learnt, it is often successful to give...
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At last William Oddie has given expression to what many of us feel now about Benedict XVI - See his post at the Catholic Herald site, if you have not yet had the courage to say it.. Thank you Dr Oddie for your honesty. At least I now feel I am not...5 weeks ago
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The Schtick - It was something of a blast from the past to see this pastoral staff, which I thought had been relegated to some store-room in the Vatican. It belonged fi...
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God’s Love - Grace: To experience a deeply-felt gratitude for all of the blessings God has given me, that I may thereby become completely devoted to His Divine Majesty ...1 month ago
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He is Risen, Alleluia! - *Happy Easter to all who have read this blog over the years* Some news... The past few weeks have been a period of intense reflection for me. As a resul...
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Faith by Benedict XVl - *Faith* *by Benedict XVl, edited by Lucio Coco,* Published by CTS This short booklet (40 pages) is a collection of brief points taken from the teaching of...
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“PRO SACERD ROMAN” - Site of the arrest of St David Lewis Fr David Lewis S J had been arrested at Llantarnam on 17th November 1678 and imprisoned in Monmouth gaol. On 13th Ja...
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Weekend Roundup - Sunday, 31st of March. 2013. At the Birmingham Oratory (EF 1100) the* Mass in E* of Leonce de Saint-Martin. At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1100) Vierne's *Mess...1 month ago
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Liberians Call for Christian State - Liberian citizens have very recently called for a ‘Christian religious state’ demonstrating religious tolerance for other faiths, but not ‘religious liber...1 month ago
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Blessings and Convalidation - *I've not written much on my blog in recent times, so I thought I should make an effort. * *From time to time I am asked interesting questions of a gener...
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All must have prizes! - Well, here's a turn up for the books. Ben Trovato of Counter Cultural Fatherhas named me for a Liebster Award. Thanks very much! I have no idea what this ...
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Mahler concert in Manchester - Last night I went to the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. There were only two works to be performed: Haydn Symphony 104 ( The London ) and Mahler Symphony...
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PIMMS Conference, 10th July - PMMS 125th AnniversaryThere’s no place like Rome: Centres of music and liturgy before 1550 PMMS members are warmly invited to the AGM study day on 10 July 2...1 month ago
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Scotland For Marriage - Scotland For Marriage The Scottish Government’s consultation on its draft Bill to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples closes at *5pm* on *Wednesd...2 months ago
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Pope Francis and liturgy: cause for concern? - Amidst the joy that I and so many people have felt at the election of Pope Francis, I have also encountered worry, alarm, even anger from some Catholics wh...2 months ago
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Trepidation - For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters. What I mean is that each of you says, “I belon...2 months ago
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Pope Benedict's renuntiatio - Benedict XVI is no longer Pope. It has been for me a real bereavement. I loved, I can’t say the man, which is reductive, so let’s say the person. * Person...2 months ago
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Happy 90th, John. And many more. - My father-in-law, John, celebrated his 90th birthday today. He is quite spry and very lively. There was a nice party for him this afternoon in the public...
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Is the New HHS Compromise a Real Compromise? - Here is the HHS Compromise, be attentive because it gets complicated: “With respect to self-insured group health plans, the eligible organization would not...3 months ago
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Details Information about Casino - * * Las Vegas, America is one of the town which provides excellent and various kinds of casino games. It is known as a city of gambler. Casino becomes the...4 months ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!5 months ago
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Arguments against abortion: 1. Abortion destroys a unique human being - Almost daily, I am haunted by the problem of abortion in our society. Because I work with children, the abortion issue confronts me every day because each...
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Rush to Judgement: Ireland's McAlpine Scandal - A disastrous case of mistaken identity, a man appallingly smeared as being that most hated of beings, a paedeophile on twitter as the BBC's flagship news p...6 months ago
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Back again! Should we educate our daughters? - Proud father Andrew with Dr Jennifer and Katherine Firstly, to congratulate my daughter Mary for receiving the Pope Benedict Youth Award at St Paul's Sch...
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Hey CTV Person! - Helloooo! My electronic spy tells me there is a TV person reading the Bodis Riper. Let's do a deal! Your people can email my people, or you could email me.9 months ago
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Star Wars Prequels: What do they add? - My love for films makes me question; "What is this film *really *about?" and "Can that message enrich our lives"? For example, the "Kill Bill" films are mo...
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Denmark Forces Churches to Perform Same-Sex ‘Marriages’ - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, June 7, 2012, – The nation of Denmark has voted to force churches in the established Evangelical Lutheran Church to perform same-sex “...11 months ago
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Changes to be made - In the coming weeks there will be major changes made to this website in the hope that it becomes a more useful resource for free Latin- and vernacular-lang...1 year ago
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Our Lady and Suffering - De Maria, numquam satis. I was hesitant about the theme today because I have not yet quite lived a life laden with suffering. I have lost both of my patern...
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Further remarks - *Please pray for* a Priest friend of mine from Westminster Diocese, Fr Ian Dickie, who is seriously ill with cancer and may be near death. He had been clea...1 year ago
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Untitled - Okay, I haven't really started blogging again, but I am thinking about it. I just wanted to share this very clever pro-life picture.
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Have You Been Hurt By Medical Malpractice? - Outside of your family, there are few people you trust more than your doctor. After all, you are entrusting your doctor with the well-being and care of you...1 year ago
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Simple English Propers at Mass - This is the Simple English Proper (communion) for the Third Sunday of Lent. I generally chant this alone for the Saturday and early Sunday Masses, and then...1 year ago
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ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE TRIBUNAL OF THE ROMAN ROTA 21 January 1999 - In the light of the above-mentioned principles we can also see how incongruous is the demand to accord “marital” status to unions between persons of the ...1 year ago
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From the Holy Father's Wednesday audience - "The Eucharist sustains those who are tired, worn out or lost in the world and transforms human sin and weakness into new life. Taking part in the Eucharis...1 year ago
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Double Standard Exposed: MSM Consistently Cries Wolf on Racism - The fact that progressives consistently make false accusations of racism when conservatives criticize the President has rendered the charge of racism meani...1 year ago
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My apologies - Just in case any of you were wondering: Oxford hasn't killed me off! I am alive and am enjoying all that Oxford has to offer. I am finding it difficult to ...1 year ago
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Throwing imitation pearl before real swine. - I've found myself seriously tied down to some tough awkward writing in the last few weeks. It seems that I've become default flavour of the month- well not...1 year ago
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Chesterton on St Francis, love and asceticism - From G.K. Chesterton's St Francis... If ever that rarer sort of romantic love, which was the truth that sustained the Troubadours, falls out of fashion and...1 year ago
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Reports in The Times on child abuse in the Roman Catholic Church - For more reports, see this public link. [image: 13] July 2011 Archbishop ‘shamed’ by report on abuse scandal [image: Cardinal Sean Brady] Cardinal Sean Bra...1 year ago
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Meditations on the Rosary (1): The Annunciation - One is struck by the similarity, but still more by the difference, of two like events, a mere six months apart. When the angel Gabriel appears to Our Bless...1 year ago
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Heart Speaks Unto Heart - new blog! - I've given up with my google problems & thought that the time had come with our new house to start a new chapter! My new blog Heart Speaks Unto Heart will ...
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Long Break..... - As you will no doubt have realized, this blog is on an extended sabbatical, it may return, but I have too many other duties. Joseph Pearce has asked me to ...2 years ago
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Packing list - *Toolkit and spares* -Pen knife -Eurohike multi tool -Adjustable spanner -Allen keys -Electrical tape -Spare brake cable -4 sets of M5 bolts, washers, and ...2 years ago
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The End - Dear Readers, Please note that I will not be adding any more posts to this blog. At present I am transferring all the posts on this blog to my new blog ...2 years ago
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Everybody's Welcome - and that includes Fido & Tibbles - * Aw, bless** * So* enfant terrible* Sebastian Urchell (see comments on the last post) thinks that "cross-denominational eucharists", which - tut! - he at...2 years ago
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Pro-Life Video - John Smeaton has published a moving video that highlights the numbers of abortions worldwide each year. It was found by his son, Paul, on the That the bone...2 years ago
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First Solemn High Mass - Fr. Rhone Lillard - Fr. Lillard was ordained in Lincoln, Nebraska last Saturday. Today in San Diego, at St. Anne's Parish (which exclusively does the EF form of Mass) Father C...2 years ago
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'What if the Foreign Office had offended the Prophet Mohammed?' - That's the question I've been burning to ask. The answer? The Foreign Office and their lackeys wouldn’t have dared. And if they had, would they be in hid...
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Happy Easter - SURREXIT DOMINUS VERE! ALLELUIA! We wish you all a happy and blessed Easter. May God be with you.3 years ago
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Pakistan: Christians are ‘treated like animals,’ - An official of the Pakistani bishops’ conference has called upon the international community to exert pressure upon the nation’s government and defend the ...3 years ago
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Dom Prosper Gueranger on Our Lady's Expectation: - This feast, which is now kept not only throughout the whole of Spain but in many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of the t...
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Euthanasia: the pro-life response? - *Bishops concede 'compassion' as a reason not to prosecute in assisted suicide cases* The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales want you to respond to the ...3 years ago
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The final last post - Drat you, Betsy, for being someone I can’t refuse a lot. Certainly not a blog post, in any case. She gave me a “Gorgeous Award” for reasons that are best l...3 years ago
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Alla fine di tutto questo - Recent weeks have seen my life change considerably and, with regret, I have decided to close this blog. I’ve enjoyed interacting with people from all over ...3 years ago
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Opposites attract - Or rather, genes (”genes”) produce amusing opposites. My sister and I were out shopping and waiting by the cashier to pay for our snazzy new things (they’r...3 years ago
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Homeschooling - An article from the Telegraph. Acquaintances and I have had blazing rows about homeschooling and I’ve often felt as though their absolute insistence on “co...4 years ago
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