Archives for June 2012

Missed Opportunity!

Saturday 30 June 2012

We had hoped to go to the conference at Buckfast Abbey today, organised by the Buckfast Ordinariate Group. Sadly, this did not come to pass. Fr Ian did however point us in the direction of a clip of the Principle Speaker, Professor Tracey Rowland on youtube.

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St Peter and St Paul

Friday 29 June 2012

Today is the feast of St Peter and St Paul; two Apostles and two martyrs. In different ways they were used by God to guide and shape the Early Church. The reading from the Saints today was by St Augustine. I was struck by this part of the passage: The blessed Peter, the first of […]

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Making the Ordinary ordinary

Sunday 24 June 2012

No, not THE Ordinary! With the return to green Sundays we’ve taken the opportunity to change the Mass setting which we have been using with the New Translation. Except for Lent and a few Masses at Christmas and Easter, we have got to know the Parish Mass by Fr Peter Jones, published in the supplement to […]

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The Wrong Blogs.

Friday 22 June 2012

A little while ago, I was ranting about something that I can’t now remember. Neil looked at me and said “You’ve been reading the Wrong Blogs again, haven’t you?” He was right. But what are the ‘Wrong Blogs”? I am not going to give a list of blogs to stay clear of because this is […]

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The Cedar that God grew- A story for family prayer time.

Tuesday 19 June 2012

The imagery of the readings on Sunday has stayed with me. The Old Testament reading, from Ezekiel is very similar to the second parable Jesus tells in the gospel. Here is the text: “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant […]

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And we ate cake…

Monday 18 June 2012

This Sunday, 17th June was a special day for us. One younger member of our group celebrated a rather significant birthday and Frs Neil and Geoff celebrated the first anniversary of their ordination to the Roman Catholic Priesthood. This, of course meant lots of cake.    

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