Author Archives: kennedygreen112

This morning I thought I would talk about grief, anxiety and fear. I lost my husband 9 years ago. He was my best friend and soulmate. We met at college and although at first I found him a bit ‘different’ – his mum used to dress him in terrible clothes – and he wore reallyContinue reading “Widowhood”

Today’s reading was about Naaman being cured of leprosy and about heaven being ‘closed’ for over three years. I sometimes have wondered particularly during this pandemic if our prayers haven’t been answered because we aren’t listening to God or what the environment around us is telling us. We can go our own way, we haveContinue reading “Is Heaven closed”

Today in our readings for Mass we are reminded of the Ten Commandments. I think the word commandment can be a bit challenging for some, especially if they rebel against any kind of authority almost instinctively. You could call them recommendations in a sense. God is recommending a way for us to live that willContinue reading “The Commandments”

I am always amazed at how much you can glean from a parable. I have read the parable of the prodigal son so many times and each time you can pick up a different meaning and react to it in a different way. You can look from the perspective of the father, the prodigal sonContinue reading “The Prodigal Son”

I am getting to grips with posting blogs, and finding my bearings around my site. I am scrambling about, one moment thinking I am improving and know what I am doing and the next a block appears and can’t be edited, then I have to work out why etc. etc. I am going to persevereContinue reading “The Rich Man and Lazarus”

I grew up in a catholic family and it is a faith I feel comfortable with following. I dropped out of going to church for a long time during my university years and for about a decade after and then returned. I still prayed, mostly the Our Father and a few short prayers for myContinue reading “An Introduction”