Monthly Archives: April 2011

Clever

Posted on April 30, 2011 by mags

‘It’s not how much you know that’s important, it’s how much you love’. St Teresa of Avila

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Pina

Posted on April 29, 2011 by mags

“No, there was no hurricane that swept across the stage, there were just … people performing who moved differently then I knew and who moved me as I had never been moved before. After only a few moments I had … Continue reading →

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Sex and my Re-Education

Posted on April 26, 2011 by mags

This week my 13-year-old daughter watched The Sex Education Show……….. 3 days later after watching Glee together, this aroused an interesting and sensitive conversation between us, prompted by her.  She is a bright and socially confident young person, and far … Continue reading →

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2 perfect songs by Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan

Posted on April 20, 2011 by mags

For the unjustly condemned.  For Love. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

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Silence

Posted on April 18, 2011 by mags

The bad silence is like waiting idle for repose No response, no repose My too honest words leave me naked, exposed A failing of my nature, my Love. I pray one day I smile, that my great silence, be not … Continue reading →

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Poverty & Arthur Miller’s ‘A View From The Bridge’

Posted on April 15, 2011 by mags

Last night I saw a poignant and staggeringly sad production of Arthur Miller’s 1955 play A View From The Bridge, at Colchester’s  Mercury Theatre.  I left the theatre feeling bereft. A performance The West End would have been proud to … Continue reading →

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St Francis de Sales + Madeleine Peyroux……. Dance me to the end of Lent

Posted on April 14, 2011 by mags

I have recently read St Francis de Sales an introduction to a devout life.  Where for once, a religious, is spiritually guiding a young woman.  It is an affectionate book, if there can be such a book.  It has a … Continue reading →

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A Meditation on the Limits of Love

Posted on April 12, 2011 by mags

In the winter of 2009, when I was on my R.C.I.A course, our newly instated Fr, led us in meditation. It was a deeply moving and desperately painful and emotional experience. Christ was being sacrificed on the cross, and having … Continue reading →

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Conversion

Posted on April 10, 2011 by mags

Kiss of Life Again and again you kiss me on the mouth You reverently breathe life into me You teach me how to breathe You lovingly impart the word The word made flesh You spirit me Holy. Blessed invocations. My … Continue reading →

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John Donne, Mary Magdalene and The Gnostic Gospels,

Posted on April 7, 2011 by mags

TO THE LADY MAGDALEN HERBERT, OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN. by John Donne HER of your name, whose fair inheritance Bethina was, and jointure Magdalo, An active faith so highly did advance, That she once knew, more than the Church did know, … Continue reading →

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Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mags

I recently quoted Pope Benedict XVI who said “Only when body and soul are united can eros be healed and be restored to its true grandeur” Well this is one of my all time favourite sculptures, which I first discovered … Continue reading →

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Porn, Love and Longing to be Kissed.

Posted on April 2, 2011 by mags

“In the heart of every woman lies an endless quest for love. We desire to be cherished, to be treasured, to be beautiful, to experience true love in all of its beauty.” Surprisingly this quote was taken off of a … Continue reading →

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JR and One mans mission to change the world

Posted on April 1, 2011 by mags

  It takes 25 minutes to watch, and is sooooo worth it! This is one of God’s creations. jr street artist Be inspired!

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