Gethsemane
on 28-Mar-10 11:14
At times when we feel ourselves to be under serious threat, then our prayer takes on a new quality. Somewhere in our being we know that we are safe, no matter what the immediate fear. Unexpectedly we come to experience...
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Picnic at Mutemwa
on 07-Mar-10 11:12
The leper colony was not a regular venue for our rare picnic forays in the 1960’s. But any day’s outing was a treat, away from the busy hospital routine in Salisbury (Harare). And we all knew and liked John Bradborne,...
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Ag Criost an Siol
on 04-Mar-10 11:10
Ag Criost an Siol We kind of missed Feile Brid this year, because Sr Maura Wall died on Saturday night. A delightful Limerick woman, it was appropriate for her to be ‘planted’ in her native soil on the beautiful feast...
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Invisible Links
on 29-Jan-10 11:06
Invisible LinksThe awful rocks rushing towards him must have looked terrifying, even if only fleetingly. Before smashing into them, he skimmed a small strip of beach helplessly, at the mercy of a ferocious windspeed. So, unconsciousness came at once, followed...
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January
on 11-Jan-10 11:03
The small cockstep of increasing daylight is now obvious every evening and every morning if you check. And although shoots of the early bulbs are invisible under snow, we know that our world is again tilting towards the sun. The...
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