The Bible passages are taken from the Catholic Daily Lectionary. Reading 2, Heb 9:24-28 24 It is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanctuary which was a model of the real one; he entered heaven itself, so that he now appears in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 And he does […]

These blogs use the Catholic daily Lectionary as a focus for reflection on daily living. The reasoning behind this practice is outlined in a blog of 6th November. Please add comment. Reading 1, Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27 3 My greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who risked their own necks to […]

The I Ching or Book of Changes is a Confucian compilation, which uses a system of hexagrams chosen by casting lots, to access traditional wisdom for the time in which the oracle is questioned. The uncanny helpfulness of this book rests in the random nature of its offering. It asks the reader to apply a general insight […]

I’m still working this out. I’m full of the mixture of  dread and excitement we feel when we begin an adventure. O.K. blogging for the first time is unlikely to put life or limb at risk or to transform my life, but the prospect of learning something entirely new, of struggling with new concepts and […]