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I just got some candles
I have mass in my room most days at 530 am.. I find my eyes are not what they use to be.. so the light of a candle helps.. In the book of Revelation Jesus is standing between 7...
St Therese and Paddington Bear I just got a Paddington Bear as a gift..
St Therese ‘I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbours’ defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.” St John of...
Thought for the day
I am reading ‘The Art of Living the Cardinal Virtues and the Freedom to Love ‘by Edward Sri.. We all know sins like adultery, missing mass for no good reason can be mortal. But I...
Fr Stefan thought for the day
We are called to be our own person.. I think it was Shakespeare who said ‘to your own self be true.’ But we are made who we are in a network of relationship. We become who we are...
Today is the feast day of Saint Eugene De Mazenod
‘His advanced philosophical and theological studies were taken at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, 1974-54. He was ordained in 1954 at the Basilica of St. John...
Fr Stefan thought for day
Beauty order and newness! We often think of order as boring! But one of the aspects of order is newness. Chesterton says in his book ‘Orthodoxy’ that children never get bored...
Fr Baker little story
Just 5 minute ago finishing my Rosary walk.. Walk by man as he is going to 830 mass St Michael… He said ‘ can I talk to you for a minute?’ ‘Yes’ of course. He said ‘I bought your...
Today is feast day of St Celestine a pope who resigned
I found it interesting that today is the feast day of a pope who resigned from the papacy. And I knew that Dante placed I believe 3 popes in Hell. And one being Celestine.. So a...