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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Back to Batoni...again!

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One of the most important things I have learnt ( or I am learning) from reading an icon is how to read religious art in general.  And, in t...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012

St Augustine and the spirituality of the heart

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Some places have strong associations with the Sacred Heart.  Paris, obviously, and perhaps less obviously London .  As I have noted elsewhe...
Friday, 21 September 2012

Humility and the heart of the Saviour

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Of late I have been working on the problem of humility - as an important civic and epistemological virtue and how this relates to the theolo...
Thursday, 6 September 2012

Only God makes things grow.

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The reading from Mass the other day (5th September) from St Paul (Corinthians 3:1-9) brought me to yet another reflection or reading of ...
Monday, 3 September 2012

Saint Edith Stein and the Sacred Heart

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The window by Dom Theodore has continued to provided much food for thought and prayer.  It was the feast day of  the great Carmelite saint, ...
Monday, 13 August 2012

Dom Theodore Bailey's Sacred Heart in Pembrokeshire (2)

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Having travelled all the way to west Wales I found myself ( mentally at least) having to return to Paris once again!  For if I was to make ...
Sunday, 12 August 2012

Dom Theodore Baily's Sacred Heart in Pembrokeshire (1)

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Interesting.  Since the last blog on the Benedictine tradition and the Sacred Heart, I have been in Wales and came across a beautiful and...