Just a quick post to say that tomorrow (Sunday) I shall be attending Mass – including the EF Mass at 08:30 if I can work out the bus routes that I will need to take to get me there – before packing my case and preparing for… yet another retreat. Yes, I’m going to do … Continue reading »
7 Quick Takes (Vol 8) The Pointy Stick edition.
The 7 Quick Takes are being hosted over at Betty Beguiles by Hallie Lord for another edition on behalf of Jen. Why not go there and read more accounts of bloggers weeks? _________________________________________________________ 1 – Earlier on I was reading a secularist website which advocated the removing all moral and religious formation from schools and … Continue reading »
Oh, for the love of…
I had a meeting with my spiritual director (Fr L.) yesterday after Mass. As usual I returned several books to him and, as usual, I left with a few more to read. We also had a nice cup of tea and a long chat about the Franciscans and my current direction before he gave me … Continue reading »
What will they say?
On Sunday we had a Missa Cantata – it was beautiful. We were lucky enough to have four young men join us from a parish about 20 miles away in order to come and serve at the Altar. This meant that we ended up with six servers, another visiting seminarian and Fr M. As a … Continue reading »
7 Quick Takes (Vol 7) The house-move edition
Ok, my excuse for only writing one other post in addition to this one was that I moved house over last weekend. I hope to be blogging a bit more frequently in the coming weeks and will hopefully be back to at least 2 posts plus the 7 quick takes per week. In the meantime, … Continue reading »
Moving closer to the light
I moved house over the weekend. This involved a 2 day ordeal that would have, as the saying goes, tried the patience of a saint. I did notice my temper running a little short once or twice but, on the whole, I was happy that I wasn’t too difficult to be around on those days. … Continue reading »
7 Quick Takes (Vol 6 – the Retreat edition)
Well I am back from my retreat with the Franciscans and just in time to post seven quick takes of my last few days. Then I have an awful lot of posts to catch up on from the blogs I subscribe to. See some much more interesting stuff over at Conversion Diary _________________________________________________________ 1 – … Continue reading »
Gone Fishin’ (Matt 4:19)
Just a quick post to say that I will be going away on retreat from tomorrow. I have been invited to go up to spend some time at the Franciscan house where the Vocations Director is based in order to get to know some of the brothers and experience the way of life in this … Continue reading »
7 Quick Takes (Vol 5)
Another week has come to an end and there is just time for a quick reflection on how good God has been to me over the last 7 days. Don’t forget, for a chance to view some really interesting and unusual blogs check out 7 quick takes over at Conversion Diary __________________________________ 1 – I … Continue reading »
Confused? You will be…
Just a quick update on what is going on with my discernment. In the last week I have been talking to a number of people and yet more people have been wanting to speak to me. Settle down, pour yourself a cold drink and see if you can follow this. Firstly I am still in … Continue reading »
