May 2011
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February 2011
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December 2010
3 posts
WatchTheophilus London - Flying Overseas
This song and video fascinate me. A rising star no doubt. Plus he covered Oh Happy Day on one of his mixtapes.
Advent: ‘Rain down from above, you heavens, and pour down righteousness’.
November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
2 posts
July 2010
4 posts
Janelle Monae - Cold War (Wondamix)
There is...
“Life without feasts is like a long road without an inn.”
– Democritus
June 2010
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May 2010
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Hands of Fatima →
An important Christian icon merges with a famous Islamic one: Our Lady of Fatima & the Hand of Fatima. The hand of Fatima is also known as the hamsa hand (Arabic) or chamesh hand (Hebrew). It is an old and still popular amulet for magical protection from the evil eye. It is believed that the eye protects from evil and draws positive energy, happiness, riches and health. The hamsa (semitic...
April 2010
1 post
Hidden courage →
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Never mind the fact she is wearing a burkha, seen by many as a sign of repression. One has to admire the courage this Saudi woman has shown by speaking out against extremist oppression. She does so through her poetry:
My message to those who hear me is love, compassion and peace. We all have to share a small planet and we need to learn how to live together.
March 2010
8 posts
Thank you, Gerard Reve →
I can safely say that I largely owe my impending entering into the Catholic church to this man, the Dutch writer Gerard Reve. This good man himself made the same step just over 40 years ago, at a time when the intellectual and artistic world had even more contempt for the Church than it has now. In moments of doubt I remind myself of that. I accept the notion that with reason I can go against...
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy...”
– Carl Gustav Jung
Moral dilemmas in the postmodern era
We once lived in a society where the party leader, the church or our boss dictated what was right and what was wrong. You did not need to ponder on the big questions of life, as you were supposed to give the answers provided by those above you. They knew best. Some liberal minds might say this must have been a sad and sorry state, but have you ever considered how easy it must have been to be told...
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...”
– Andre Gide
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A wise advice →
Listen my son, and accept a wise advice and do not reject my counsel - Ecclesiastes 6:24
February 2010
1 post
On Jung, jealousy & love
Carl Gustav Jung once said that at the core of jealousy there is always a lack of love. If I remember the context correctly he meant a lack of love of the jealous person for the object of his or her jealousy, often a romantic partner. As much as I consider Jung one of the greatest minds that ever lived I cannot fully agree with his conviction. Let me explain. Jealousy is a complex emotion, often...
November 2009
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September 2009
21 posts
“Saints need sinners.”
– Found on Flickr
Róisín Murphy - Through Time
This remains one...
“Religion is the art of learning to live with amazement.”
– Abraham J. Heschel
PJ Harvey - One Line
I stumbled upon this song...
This is a demo version of the song DJ from Amanda...
“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...”
– Paulo Coelho
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts Are Free).
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11 September 2001:
I was off that day, and just returned from the record shop where I bought Kylie Minogue’s new single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. I switched on the TV to find a tragic accident had just happened in New York. CNN reported that a plane had flown into one of the towers of the World Trade Centre. Sad and tragic, but understandably an accident like that could happen. After watching for a...
La Divina Infantita →
In honorem nativatem BVM.
This Mexican image of Baby Mary is know as ‘la Divina Infantita’, the Divine Child. All the jewels offered testify of the faith the Mexicans have in Baby Mary.
In nativitas BVM
It’s the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary today so during my lunch hour I passed St James’s church in London’s Marylebone to light two candles in Mary’s honour.
After all, her birth was the first step towards the redemption of humankind. That is why we call her Alma Redemptoris Mater & we owe her eternal praise and gratitude.
