The White Parasol

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 [...]

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 [...]

Can we ever really understand The Lord’s Prayer? The truth is that we do not know what truth is so how can we know what foregiveness is? The Way forward is what then? Perhaps the Power of the Not Quite There Yet (towards Eckhart Toll’s “The Power of Now” that is) will do – for now? Sometimes [...]