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Tag Archives: Life and death
Le Mieux est l’Ennemi du Bien
I am quite impressed by the way academics, politicians, lawyers and others are reflecting about our society and the unhealthy trends that need to be challenged. The French lawyer Mireille Delmas-Marty summed it up as “The dream of perfection is … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Life and death, Moral questions, Mystery of Evil, Philosophy, Politics, Reflections, Romanticism
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Spiritual Conference for the Triduum
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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Tagged Holy Week, Life and death, Mystery of Evil, Paschal Mystery, Spirituality
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A New World?
The quarantine laws in most countries affect us all in different ways. Some become bored and depressed, which is expected when they live in small apartments and have no cultural life. In my house, there is a chapel, hundreds of … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Life and death, Mystery of Evil, Nobility of Spirit, Pandemic
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Impressions of a quick shopping trip
After nearly a week of being at home, we needed a few supplies from a local farm shop where they breed pigs and sell their meat. I had seen scenes of cities in France and Italy without a soul in … Continue reading
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Mass sine populo
There is quite a lot of discussion going on in various Facebook groups about what priests can do when the civil authority has forbidden all gatherings of people because of the present epidemic of coronavirus. Several years ago, I wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged Canon Law, Life and death, Liturgy, Mass without people, Quarantine, Solitude
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Why are the Churches closed?!!!!!
Fr Jonathan Munn has written a touching reflection on his blog Pestilence and Penitence. As with our social life, people are indignant about being told to shut themselves in. There are still people in the streets in some places gathering, … Continue reading
Teach us Delight in Simple Things
We in France have just had a stricter order to stay at home for fifteen days, which is something we are doing anyway apart from essential errands like buying something from the chemist’s shop. If we are wise, we have … Continue reading
In Time of Epidemic
The announcement is made and France goes into Stage 3 of the anti-epidemic plan as of this night. Only food shops, pharmacies, banks, tobacconists and petrol stations can stay open. All other public places are shut. We are asked to … Continue reading
Abortion and Hypocrisy
A friend wrote to me this morning asking for my opinion about the new law in Ireland allowing abortion. This is a difficult one to approach, being a priest in a conservative Church. Objectively, abortion involves the destruction of human … Continue reading
Rapture?
The junk-religion merchants, especially on YouTube, are at it again. This time, they are proclaiming the end of the world and the “rapture” for 18th April, only five days from now. The Americans are rattling the sabre against the Syrians … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Eschatology, Interpretation, Life after Death, Life and death, Mystery of Evil, Religious pathology, Spirituality, Theology
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