Here in Tokyo we are slowly moving toward lockdown. The Governor urges us all to stay at home this weekend, with a veiled threat that if we don't she will have to bring in drastic measures. With the d
This is our unexpected sabbath.
(Except we’re bound to have funerals, Covid-19 or not.)
Sabbath is not a stagnant pond. It’s a living, running stream. And we are clearly not the ones in charge.
I
Seamus, a friend posted this, below, on Facebook this morning by a John O'Donohue, I am presuming it is the John O'Donohue of Anam Cara fame. God rest his soul.
There is hope.Dr. Ken Egan, the reti
Well whatever it takes to keep the pressure up, it must be continued.. Tony is not getting any younger ( like the rest of us), and it will be a great sadness and wrongdoing if that ridiculous sanction
Fish have returned to the Venetian canals since humans have stopped polluting them. Up to 80,000 PREMATURE deaths caused by air pollution will have been avoided in 2 months in China.Was this a lega
Peter Worn@1
I think Cardinal Piacenza's announcement yesterday went into great detail about special Plenary Indulgences granted to C-ViD patients and their carers "under the usual conditions". The fr
The CDF use Religious Congregations to impose sanctions on "rebel" members. It looks as if the CDF are holding the whip and the Orders go along with them meekly. Colm Holmes (1) is correct. Tony is wh
“they need God’s tender mercy–in whatever form we can help impart it”Yes, now and in the future. Many years ago (1970’s) I attend mass at St Michael's on the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer
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Now is the Time for Community Solidarity
March 25 2020Here in Tokyo we are slowly moving toward lockdown. The Governor urges us all to stay at home this weekend, with a veiled threat that if we don't she will have to bring in drastic measures. With the d
Helpless but not Hopeless
March 21 2020This is our unexpected sabbath. (Except we’re bound to have funerals, Covid-19 or not.) Sabbath is not a stagnant pond. It’s a living, running stream. And we are clearly not the ones in charge. I
Helpless but not Hopeless
March 21 2020Seamus, a friend posted this, below, on Facebook this morning by a John O'Donohue, I am presuming it is the John O'Donohue of Anam Cara fame. God rest his soul. There is hope.Dr. Ken Egan, the reti
Fr Tony Flannery – Update re his position
March 17 2020Well whatever it takes to keep the pressure up, it must be continued.. Tony is not getting any younger ( like the rest of us), and it will be a great sadness and wrongdoing if that ridiculous sanction
after all this is done and gone
March 19 2020Fish have returned to the Venetian canals since humans have stopped polluting them. Up to 80,000 PREMATURE deaths caused by air pollution will have been avoided in 2 months in China.Was this a lega
The Sacrament of Reconciliation in the current pandemic
March 20 2020Peter Worn@1 I think Cardinal Piacenza's announcement yesterday went into great detail about special Plenary Indulgences granted to C-ViD patients and their carers "under the usual conditions". The fr
Fr Tony Flannery – Update re his position
March 17 2020The CDF use Religious Congregations to impose sanctions on "rebel" members. It looks as if the CDF are holding the whip and the Orders go along with them meekly. Colm Holmes (1) is correct. Tony is wh
The Sacrament of Reconciliation in the current pandemic
March 20 2020“they need God’s tender mercy–in whatever form we can help impart it”Yes, now and in the future. Many years ago (1970’s) I attend mass at St Michael's on the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer
Fr Tony Flannery – Update re his position
March 17 2020Once the church gets down a medieval rabbit-hole it can never climb out again.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation in the current pandemic
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