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Prayer from Kansas              Word on the Times               31st December 2022. A prayer uttered 25 years ago in the State Legislature building in Kansas created waves when it was first created.   A friend sent it to me recently, as large parts of it are still relevant today!   Here is an edited version. Almighty God, our […]

Mary’s Song                      Word on the Week                     17th December 2022. Have you ever burst out in spontaneous singing?   Has the Joy of the Lord ever reached your lips in an unrestrained way?   There was a time in my life when it happened frequently.   For obvious reasons it was when I was alone in the […]

Mary’s Song                      Word on the Week                     17th December 2022. Have you ever burst out in spontaneous singing?   Has the Joy of the Lord ever reached your lips in an unrestrained way?   There was a time in my life when it happened frequently.   For obvious reasons it was when I was alone in the […]

Christ in the Desert         Word on the Week           10th December 2022. It was with some misgivings that we saw FIFA set in motion a train of events ending with the world football cup being hosted by the Muslim world.   Qatar borders Arabia where the city of mecca is the epicentre of Islam. The oil […]

Creation and Revelation            Word on the Week          3rd December 2022. In a lovely week, topped off with the annual Pensioners Luncheon, it was good to find the blog is still in circulation among some of my fellow pensioners.   In selecting a topic to write about one thing is apparent and that is the relative […]

Porn – The Viper in the Grass  Word on the Week    12th November 2022. When I was young, admittedly that was some time ago, porn was the stuff you found on public lavatory walls.   It was the domain of naughty school kids or dirty minded adults who were to be avoided. It was when […]

Mass at Listowel              Word on the Week                     5th November 2022. Fr Sheehy, a retired priest, was standing in for the regular priest at St Mary’s church in Listowel when he chose to spell out the likely end of certain behaviours.  He claimed that sexual sins were rampant. In his homily he listed sex between two […]

Christianity: Problem or Solution         Word on the Week           22nd Oct.2022. Of course Christianity is a problem!   Any religion that invites its followers to come and die is going to have to work hard in the marketplace of ideas!   Following Christ is not some sort of weekly outing but involves submitting to Dr Luke’s daily […]

No Longer Hoping           Word on the Week                     15th October 2022. We are now entering the fifth week of our outreach entitled ‘What’s the Story’? The question raised this week is entitled “Is there Hope in the Face of Death”? Sometimes it is difficult to understand what exactly hope is.   Perhaps it will be shown up […]