The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]
The third Sunday of Advent – #Joy. A traditional English carol from the 16th century or earlier. © OldTrout
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort [more…]
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is time to light the first candle. #Hope. O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of [more…]
What the bloody hell are the motives behind the second lockdown? Given that the official line seems to hold less and less water, it’s no surprise people are coming up with crazy sounding theories. Even [more…]
Dong! Puffin reads in church. Dong! Puffin makes a mess of it. Dong! Puffin advised not to look at the comments. As the rules for such things changed yet again, and as such a thing [more…]
“Two weeks…” was the refrain back in March when the world’s media got hold of the COVID-19 story following the outbreaks of the virus in China, then Italy, at the beginning of what was soon [more…]
Introduction Back in the 1990s while returning from a jaunt into Cathar Country in our VW camper, quite by chance we made an overnight stop in the ancient village of Conques in the Aveyron region [more…]
In continuing my series of articles on the striking consistencies of theme and message within the Old and New Testaments, it seems apt not to discuss Lent and Jesus’ Forty Days in the Wilderness which [more…]
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