Posted: 30 July 2020
One of our parishioners sent the lyrics of this song by JP Cooper. It brings to mind, for me, the sense of isolation that some people must feel these days and our capacity to reach out to them, holding them in our prayers and actions - even a simple phone call or a wave or even the old-fashioned thing of a letter.
Read more
Posted: 29 July 2020
Good morning - do you think it will warm up today? I see our government is encouraging us to be healthy - rightly so - but I’m cautious of bike riding on the A6.
Read more
Posted: 28 July 2020
Good morning - an extra layer on today I think I had a very interesting note from one of our parishioners regarding face masks:
Read more
Posted: 27 July 2020
I know we must think about climate change but - it’s the Monday of the Old Trafford Test Match and therefore bound to rain!
Read more
Posted: 26 July 2020
I wonder if you have had chance to look at the Live Simply ideas; have you had any thoughts about how we might respond as individuals and as a parish to the challenges which are practical ways of implementing Laudato Si.
Read more
Posted: 25 July 2020
I’m sorry we missed Mass and exposition yesterday but we’re back on schedule today. I might have to shift the chapel for a few days next week but I’m still waiting for the builders to give me their programme.
Read more
Posted: 24 July 2020
I hope you’re well and staying safe - face masks and safe distancing are not easy but absolutely essential if we are ever to get over the pandemic and, importantly, when the whole congregation can gather for Mass.
Read more
Posted: 23 July 2020
Good morning - it looks like one of those days when the weather doesn’t know what to do
Read more
Posted: 22 July 2020
A number of people have said how much they have enjoyed some of the morning poems. And so ..
Read more
Posted: 21 July 2020
Following on from yesterday, I thought the following poem, which came up in our poetry evening, might help us to focus again on the world around us
Read more
Posted: 20 July 2020
It looks as though we’re going to have a couple of days of reasonable weather - fingers crossed.
Read more
Posted: 19 July 2020
I was listening to ’Something Understood’ this morning; it was about darkness in its various forms.
Read more