The word LENT comes from the old English word for SPRING, Lencten, and has to do with the long fast before the great feast of EASTER. Fasting was one of…
In Dennis O’Driscoll’s humorous poem, Non-Stop Christmas, “Christmas is always coming. There are only ever so many days still left”. Well, the shopping and the frenetic activity which have characterised…
Looking ahead with hope has never been easy. If recent months have taught us anything, they have taught us that our world is a very strange place indeed. It is…
CORPUS CHRISTI AND A FUNERAL I don’t know what you made of George Floyd’s Funeral Service last week. For me, the Liturgy was rather foreign to my sensitive and shy…
Easter has long been my favourite time of year mostly because whether it comes early or late, it is always a harbinger of Spring. However, this Easter is proving to…