Thank you for your prayers and best wishesI like to thank everyone who prayed for my dad in the last two or three days. The doctor told me that he had pneumonia so that was pretty serious and still is. I'm trying to help him as much as possible whilst also nursing my own overall snottiness.... See More » (1)
Prayers neededMy dad was dreadfully ill yesterday. Please pray for him. I've been struggling with bronchitis and having had it for near to one month now. Since yesterday I'm again sick from work. I've been trying to do whatever people are telling me. Continue to... See More »
Truthful or radical?These days there's a lot of talk about radicalisation of faiths. I like to put you a question now. In the parable of the paralysed man being brought before Jesus, is it right for a lesson or reading to tollerate someone else focusing more on the... See More » (1)
ContemplationContemplative prayer is when we use our minds and hearts, and sometimes our imaginative ability, to recognize God's presence and fix our gaze on Him. It seeks to achieve a union with God and is characterized by quiet, stillness, and simply resting in... See More »
Is God a person?Perhaps you have difficulty with the concept of 'love'? Why should one love one's neighbour? Why shouldn't one just accept there's a God? Interesting questions. But how about is God a person? Does that settle the argument why there's a concept of... See More » (1)
The art that I love - 7According to James Stourton, biographer of Kenneth Clark, Clark astonished “the crew during the filming of one of the early episodes when he carried the medieval Cross of Lothar up to the altar of Aachen Cathedral, and burst into tears.” It's is a... See More » (2)
The art that I love - 4Since its completion in 1563, Paolo Veronese's 32-foot-long painting The Wedding Feast at Cana has been a true object of admiration. Firstly, an image with religious resonance for the Benedictine monks of Venice's San Giorgio Maggiore Monastery, on... See More » (1)
The art I love - 2Altarpiece of the Holy Blood (1499-1505) in the St. Jakobskirche, Rothenburg ob der Tauber It's a glorious masterpiece of woodcarving created by Tilman Riemenschneider. The reliquary is a metal cross with a rock-crystal capsule at the center that... See More » (2)
