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A New Face
This morning I was speaking with a very elderly priest about the changes taking place within the Church and – more broadly – within religion itself. He had noted the smaller sizes of congregations and said he thought the ‘size’ of the Church would continue to diminish. But he was – like me – certain that the Holy Spirit is as alive and active today as at Pentecost, that He is very much in charge and that He knows what He is doing. I didn’t disagree. Like this priest – and probably like every priest and almost all the congregations out there – I have seen the smaller numbers of…
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The Song of the Rosary
Over the years – and there have been quite a few of those – I have watched with interest as various religious devotions and spiritual practices came to the fore in Catholic circles; some of those practices and devotions remained there, while others seemed to vanish again. Some proved to be rather popular, others less so. One or two gained much greater prominence and earned themselves a permanent place in the life of the Church – the Divine Mercy devotion being a worthy and excellent example of this. I have to confess that sometimes, people would mention their latest spiritual discovery and I wouldn’t have the first idea what they…
