In the eulogy, David said his mum and dad were “constant loving companions” throughout their lives. Those are two great words, constancy and love, and seem to describe wonderfully well Maureen’s character. From what the eulogy tells us, she was constant and loving in her marriage, her family, her friendships,...

So, we come to the dramatic and very moving conclusion of the public ministry of Jesus prior to His Passion. The drama’s cast, in order of appearance, introduces us to Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha; then to Jesus and his disciples with Thomas mentioned by name; then we...

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Give me a drink. Jesus meets the woman of Samaria doing an ordinary chore of the day. He is tired and thirsty, so He wants a drink. The woman seems to resist at first. She puts up the barrier: you’re a Jew, I’m a Samaritan. Jesus gently ignores that and...

You’ve got to feel sorry for that blind man! Jesus practically accosts him and orders him about, even if it is to heal him. Then, before he knows it, he becomes the object of curiosity for the people who had been used to seeing him blind and who then cart...

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Given Agatha’s albeit tenuous connection with Stalin, I’d better be very careful of what I say here! But, in truth, it would be hard for anyone to improve on the lovely eulogy which Caitlin delivered. And while it’s impossible to fit someone’s life – all 97 years of it –...

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I’m only sorry that I did not get to know May until the last, and tenth, decade of her life was underway. By all accounts, she was a woman with many talents and interests and with many friends from across the various communities in whose lives she shared. She was...

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