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Getting Old Before the Face of Jesus
November 29, 2020
In our monastery’s large refectory, at the furthest end, a large cross hangs over the abbot’s place. It is the cross we use on...
Where do we find inspiration? Start with relationships
November 5, 2020
Inspiration is important to every kind of human knowledge, art, and practical skill, but what is it?
Graveyard visits, Remembrance Day and St Andrew: November traditions
November 2, 2020
The month of November has always been a magical time for me – as it is for many other people
Why we do it: Praying for the dead
November 2, 2020
November is a time for remembering our mortality and the lives of those who have gone before us
Isaiah shows how to resist the temptation to desolation
October 16, 2020
Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year Isaiah 45: 1 & 4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5; Matthew 22: 15-21 “Thus says the Lord to his anointed,...
Patriotism and risk: How American football became a political battleground
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Countless institutions have been strained in 2020. Coronavirus has shuttered business and shattered marriages. Following the death of George Floyd, denunciations, resignations, and firings...
You could be a catechist without knowing it
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Of all the personal discoveries which Catholics have made over the course of the lockdown – a taste for gardening; a skill for music;...
How the papacy became a Napoleonic institution
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For the last century and a half the Church has been dominated by the papacy. The papacy has always been there, instituted by Our...
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“I had, for all my adult life, been an atheist. Although as a baby I was baptised into the Church of England, I had...
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John XXIII. The very name is apt to elicit strong reactions from many Catholics. He was either the pope who finally began to free...
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