This year has been very hectic for both my wife and me, and, I realize that it is over a month since I made a direct post to this website. My apologies. We have both been suffering with our health, as that old saying goes, and have not had the time for as much creative…
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Celtic saint of the day
https://christ-our-hope-community.net/home/celtic-and-old-english-saints/ – Saints in January January 10th St. Dermot, Abbot of Innis-Clotran Island(Diarmaid) also 18th of January Saint Diarmaid was the youngest child of Lunga and Dediva and was related to the king of Ireland who died in 428, About the year 530, he founded the great monastery of Inchcleraun on Lough Ree, in the…
Candlemas
Candlemas.png (1920×1080) (nativitybartlett.org) The 2nd of February As we follow the life of Jesus and how this is celebrated in Christendom, Candlemas is the next stop -Candlemas is a Christian festival held on 2 February to commemorate the purification of the Virgin Mary (after childbirth, according to Jewish law) and the presentation of Christ in…
Babylon & Boogie Street
https://international.la-croix.com/news/culture/babylon-boogie-street/15167 Babylon & Boogie Street Leonard Cohen’s exploration of covenants broken and kept First published on November 6, 2021. Since Leonard Cohen‘s death in 2016, a great many things have been written about the “poet laureate of despair,” as the journalist Simon Worrall called him. His every song, every drink, and every affair has been…
Sunday, 12 December-Gaudete Sunday 2021
This coming Sunday is the Third Sunday in Advent, the candle on the Advent wreathe will be pink to indicate an easing of the Advent Fast -the Winter Lent. Advent, which begins the Church’s liturgical year, began on Sunday, December 3. Advent includes the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to the celebration of Christmas.The…