We found redemption, bold and clear Be not afraid, I bring good news. Then acclamations filled the air The child will be, a sign for you. While Mary pondered in her heart. Gloria….Christus est natus (x2) Ex Maria Virgine…gaudate (x2) And he will go before them In the spirit and power, of Elijah. To turn… Continue reading Peel Away the Wrapping

In the beginning they created and time was on our side All that happened to be lost and lonely, the sweet lips of promise did confide – did confide. Birth pangs of consciousness riddled everything that was And the love that held it in balance remembered, just because…. What was meant in the beginning, will… Continue reading Evening Came, The Next Day

My lockdown song! … Faith, Hope and Love…but the greatest of these is Love. Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest, the greatest, the greatest, the greatest. Faith, Hope and Love…but the greatest of these is Love. Faith, Hope and Love, it’s the greatest! Talk of the frown, dragging us way back down. To the… Continue reading The Greatest

“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.” 1984 by George Orwell I must confess I do like a good dystopian tale. Not just for entertainment purposes but because they warn us about what things could be… Continue reading It Looks Bleak Without God

In light of the tragedy on white island in New Zealand on the 9th December 2019 I was prompted to reflect on my own experience of ‘volcano tourism.’ Having ascended the heights of Mt. Etna in Sicily over that summer I can testify how popular a pursuit this is. We were not allowed within 300… Continue reading Volcanoes

Jesus – Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (Matt 7:7) Bono – I have run, I have crawled I have scaled these city walls These city walls Only to be with you But I still haven’t found what I’m looking… Continue reading Still Looking

 And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was… Continue reading Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – Delight in It!

‘Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him… Continue reading Grace and the art of 10 pin bowling

I’m not sure about a ‘cats crusade’…but there was a ‘children’s crusade’ in 1212. Considering the lack of any tangible success for the first four crusades, people responded to the call of a young boy to peacefully preach Christ to the Saracens of the Holy Land and thus convert them to Christianity. It subsequently lacked… Continue reading Deus Vult!