So we are now well and truly in 2017 and to me, there is something daunting about the start of this year. In the past I have rushed to take the Christmas tree down as soon as Christmas is over and then becoming a whirling dervish, rushing round the house cleaning and trying to get… Continue reading Happy Hogmanay!
I have to begin with an apology; I haven’t been able to write for a couple of weeks so missed out on talking about Christmas, Boxing Day and all of the traditions that go with them. I’m not even going to make excuses for not finding time because I’m sure I could have squeezed a little… Continue reading So What Really Matters?
On Gaudete Sunday my daughter came home from university for the day so that we could put our Christmas tree up as a family. As the older ‘children’ aren’t really children anymore it has been a while since we had to put decorations on the tree with a baby ‘helping’ and it was a lovely… Continue reading Time for our Christmas Tree
Winter has been mild so far, in the South of England. We haven’t experienced the snow that the North and Scotland have faced by last week temperatures started to drop below zero; gritters were out on the roads and the train service started to run more slowly. One side effect of this cold snap was… Continue reading Let there be Light
I have always been shy; I was the child who watched the others playing games in the playground hoping I would be asked to join in. I was chubby with an awful pudding bowl haircut and led quite a sheltered childhood; needless to say I was always the last to be picked for sports teams.… Continue reading There is Room at This Inn
I have recently had the realisation that I have so much to learn in life, and that I have missed out on some beautiful experiences in life because I wasn’t brought up a Catholic, so missed out on some wonderful, and very spiritual traditions. one of these traditions, which I recently discovered was the Advent… Continue reading The Jesse Tree
Today is the Feast of St Andrew, and the gospel reading for today is Matthew 4: 18 -22 which tells the story of Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee and calling Andrew, and his older brother, Peter to be ‘Fishers of Men’. The gospel of John says that Andrew had been a follower of… Continue reading St Andrew’s Day
I didn’t attend a Catholic school, as I converted as an adult, but during the 70s and 80s the majority of schools served fish on Fridays and at our school the dessert was chocolate pudding and custard, which was everyone’s favourite. I remember asking my mother why we had fish and she told me that… Continue reading F is for Fridays and Fasting
Musings from our Domestic Church 