Feast of Holy Family In the Sacramentary it is called ‘Feast of Jesus Mary and Joseph’ I would argue just for this feast it ought to be called ‘Feast of Jesus Joseph and Mary’...
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Feast of St Stephen
When I was assigned to St Patrick’s I lead a trip to the Holy Land.. we had an afternoon free.. and the tour guide pointed to the Church where St Stephen was Stoned to death.....
Hospital Charity
Hospital and charity…The Inn in the Gospel is an image of a hospital.. Pope Francis the Church is a field Hospital.. It was the Catholic Church that first gave us Hospitals....
St John of the Cross and Suffering today is his feast day
St John of the Cross writes ‘ Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering...
Art of dying well
Art of dying well..Going Home..Mother Theresa said ‘Death is something beautiful: it means going home.’ And from Jim Towey book ‘To Love and be Loved.’ He writes ‘Hanging on the...
Fr Stefan writes a litany to Mary
Father Stefan creates a Litany to Mary Mary the New Eve Send us the Spirit of JesusMary who the Angel said is Full of Grace Pour the Grace of the Holy Spirit upon usMary Mother...
Being a hospital Chaplin is like being a missionary
When I go into the hospital. I feel like I am going into a foreign county. Hospital are places of grace. At times I feel like I am on a battle field, giving Last Rites to 3...
Are funerals about the living
Monica said to St Augustine ‘I don’t care where you put this body of mine but don’t forget me at the altar of God.’ We often hear funerals are about the living not the dead. When...
Pain.. thought
A thought that struck me… a modern middle class person experiences less physical pain than a king 300, 500 a 1000 years ago.. the average middle class person has a level of...
Dream of man in the hospital
A dream!! Yesterday I was asked to go to a room.. a man of the Baptist faith.. he had a dream.. I was told before I went in the dream ‘a nun gave him Communion’ So in the room...