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Lenten Reflection Day 28 (Mar 21): FEAR  (Psalm 23).

SONG: Fear Is a Liar by Zach Williams POEM: Evelyn Scott: Fear (excerpt): My soul leaps up at a sound. What is the question that I cannot answer, that must be answered?  QUOTE: Rudyard Kipling: Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

Lenten Reflection Day 27 (Mar 20): WANT  (Psalm 23).

SONG: I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner POEM: Robert Bly: Wanting Sumptuous Heavens (excerpt): Only we, with our opposable thumbs, want / Heaven to be, and God to come, again. / There is no end to our grumbling; we want / Comfortable earth and sumptuous Heaven. QUOTE: George Orwell: Freedom is the […]

Lenten Reflection Day 26 (Mar 19): RESTORE  (Psalm 23).

SONG: You Restore by CRC Music: https://youtu.be/HmmOwxUjIjc   POEM: Robert Penn Warren: Mortal Limit (excerpt): It knows it will accept the mortal limit, And swing into the great circular downwardness that will restore The breath of earth? QUOTE: Sam Levenson: We leave you a tradition with a future. The tender loving care of human beings […]

St Patricks Day reflections and observances

Songs by Irish performers, bands, and musicians or songs about Ireland: ST PATRICK’S PROTECTION PRAYER Full text may be found here: https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/greenford/wp-content/uploads/sites/127/2020/03/St-Patricks-Breastplate.pdf Abbreviated version: St Patrick’s Breastplate or The Lorica I arise todayThrough the strength of heaven;Light of the sun,Splendor of fire,Speed of lightning,Swiftness of the wind,Depth of the sea,Stability of the earth,Firmness of the rock. I arise […]

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