
REBEKAH - OUR BEAUTIFUL
GRAND-
GRAND-
DAUGHTER,
AGED 3 YEARS
Today is St Patrick's Day -- a happy Feast-Day to all my Irish friends and acquaintances.


I recently read an hilarious post by Paul Nichols in 'Catholic
Cartoon Blog' on the subject of Ash Wednesday and the distribution of ashes. I guarantee that a visit to this site will bring a smile to anybody's face. To give you a taster - with acknowledgement and thanks to Paul Nichols, ...............

FOR HIRE : A PROFESSIONAL ASH-WEDNESDAY 'ASH-APPLICATION' TECHNICIAN - CONTACT PAUL NICHOLS
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This is what I would call a 'bitser' post, a bit of this and a bit of that!
Until yesterday, this year in Orkney has generally been rather cold and wintry, but today is beautiful, sunny and warm with no wind. This past winter seems to have been never-ending , perhaps because last year, the autumn - a season 'of mists and mellow fruitfulness', failed to materialise. Still on average, the winter has been less cold here than in the south of England, and we have not had so much rain or snow, which has been a real blessing. Spring has definitely




With regard to those other frustrations and disappointments, 'Sensible Bond' can perhaps take some comfort that he is not alone. Everybody has problems - albeit different, and we know that things always happen in threes?! Sounds absurd, but I have so often found it to be the case! Anyway I hope the sunshine today has cheered you up Brian, although on second thoughts you might be suffering from post -Saturday depression viz. Manchester United 1 - Liverpool 4. There you go Brian, there's always something!
To change tack slightly, as far as I am aware the Pro Papa League is still battling on, spiritually speaking of course, although I understand that some of HH Fleet are in dry dock at present.

Thoughts from St Alphonsus by Rev C McNeiry CSSR
'O Lord, thou art silent about the intense pains which hasten thy death, and dost thou complain of thirst? Ah! the thirst of Jesus was very different from that which we imagine it to be. His thirst is the desire of being loved by the souls for whom He dies' (March 17th)