The White Parasol

Given the vast amounts of money that the UK (and other countries) make from the Middle East in terms of arms being sold and in terms of countries being controlled to fatten our already superior lifestyles in Europe, perhaps we all need a huge rethink.  It is not a question of blaming a government, as [...]

Let not prejudice blind us to truth and universal law. Might we come back and be that which we have hated?  So that then we will understand (literally stand under) that hate and that prejudice. Can we let it all go? Give it up? Can we bid it farewell and give it to the light of [...]

A bit of my journey. It was a long journey, within the context of Christianity, that I began thinking about “what about everyone else in the world?”.  Indeed, what if the apparent exclusivity of “Christianity” was actually contrary to its own teachings? I did become a baptised Catholic, as an adult and from no particular [...]

Strange Yorkshire saying is this one.  I have thought about it, or pondered it, a great deal.  Seems to me that it is like this: Well, you know what thought did don’t you? No. Followed a mud-cart and thought it was a wedding! If we see “thought” and “do” representing the ego, psyche or shadow [...]

Blaming the Church for its supposed stance on world issues is a popular and ageless pastime. And who can blame us? But that is not altogether fair. Catholic means universal and its Church is part of a political and spiritual tool on earth. It easily can be blamed for not allowing, by decree, certain acts [...]

That soldiers and military have the protection of the Archangel – whichever side they are on – is profound in their own, single journeys; if I may learn not to judge the whys and wherefores of war, not to judge the individual combatants, that, in itself, may give peace to the world.

Back in 2005, I visited Mount St. Bernard’s Abbey in Leicestershire.  There is an altar there to Blessed Brother Michael Tansy. I was in some desperation;  my son’s illness had come back again. So, I asked him “What do I have to do?”  I was desperate for instructions. And I startlingly got an answer.  From [...]

I am with the sinners. Straight up, might as well face it. That is, to be aware of being a sinner and that being saved has nothing to do with how good we judge that we are, or can become. In the gospels: MAT 10, 9-13 MRK 3, 15-17 LUKE 5, 27-32 Matthew (also known [...]

When I consider my soul. . . . it is full of surprises (or sur-prizes)! It exhibits such patience, for it never appears to be encumbered, restricted or limited by my physical aspect. It is large and wholesome, whilst I am small and fragile. How can this tiny frame of my body carry a soul [...]

At some point on our spiritual journey we have to meet and conquer what is sometimes referred to as “the dweller on the threshold”.  It is a reference to the “being” or “entity” that is sum total of all the negative deeds that we have performed during our many lives, and every act of suffering [...]