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Brush twice daily

Posted by Christopher Mc on Monday, December 7, 2009, In : Church 
Listening to Sunday Sequence on Radio Ulster yesterday I was amazed to hear, in response to a question about the Murphy Report, Bishop Donal McKeown, Auxiliarly Bishop of Down and Connor, declare that he had never heard of mental reservation. 

I thought to myself, well there could be number of explanations for this:

a) Due to bad hearing and bad teeth he thought he was being asked about "dental preservation";

b) He was making a mental reservation on the basis that he read about it but never act...
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Her Majesty's Bishop

Posted by Christopher Mc on Thursday, November 12, 2009, In : Church 
I was standing in sombre silence yesterday watching the Remembrance Day service from Westminster Abbey.  I was thinking about Ekklesia's call for a more inclusive way of remembering.  Perhaps there wouldn't be enough room to bring in everyone but how nice it would be if we could get someone to represent the Germans, Italians, French, Poles and Russians - someone perhaps who could speak all those languages, someone who could represent the Irish involvement in British wars.

And suddenly I see hi...
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Nicce

Posted by Christopher Mc on Monday, June 22, 2009, In : Church 
I seem to be apologising for my absence a lot recently.  Last week a good friend died.  It was sudden, but not unexpected.  And I just didn't feel like blogging.  Then it was just too busy.  He was buried on Saturday morning and for the first time in God know's how long we had a paid baby-sitter in.  Mary was so excited about it but ever practical - "will she give us something to eat?"  The poor girl hardly got through the day before Mary pounced with questions, conversation, stories - tales ...
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