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Posted on February 4, 2018

“the vulgar and rather infantile things you really do want” – Adam deVille on prayer and psychoanalysis

I have linked before to Eastern Christian Books, the blog of Adam de Ville. One of deVille’s recurrent themes is the unnecessary and unhelpful perceived antagonism between psychoanalysis and religion..…

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Posted on September 15, 2017

Eleanor Parker on myths about the Middle Ages

An interesting piece that touches on anti-Catholic myths, historical myths, and science vs. religion myths. The medieval Church, let’s be clear, had no objection to scientific progress. Throughout the Middle…

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Posted on September 12, 2017September 20, 2017

“In Search of Grace” , Peter Reason

From James Common’s blog, an extract from a fascinating sounding book whose themes seem to chime with my own interests. I particularly found this passage resonant: ‘Silence’ is a fascinating…

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Posted on September 10, 2017November 19, 2018

My Best of Tipperary Stained Glass (a personal selection of ten images)

Since this post from January I have been blogging intermittently picture of stained glass from Churches in Tipperary. As I wrote in that original post: Recently visiting various churches in…

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Posted on June 12, 2017June 15, 2017

Poems on the wind – John Hewitt, Patrick McDonagh, Wallace Stevens

From First Known When Lost: In the meantime, we have the wind.  And poems about the wind. Providence White roses shatter, overblown, by the breath of a little wind undone,…

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Posted on May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

World Labyrinth Day 2017 – May 6th, 1 pm

From the Blog My Maze site: Again you are invited from The Labyrinth Society to celebrate the World Labyrinth Day: Celebrate the eighth annual World Labyrinth Day (WLD) on Saturday,…

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Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Leandro Herrero: “An enlightened top leadership is sometimes a fantastic alibi for a non-enlightened management to do whatever they want”

Originally posted on A Medical Education:
From Leandro Herrero’s  website, a “Daily Thought” which I am going to take the liberty of quoting in full: Nothing is more rewarding than having…

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Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

First Known When Lost on Spring and mortality, with Herrick, Wallace Stevens, and Epictetus

Original here Spring beautifully — and gently — counsels us to be mindful of our mortality. This is sound advice. In fact, we are well-advised to consider our mortality on…

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