Category Archives: books

A Reading Week – In Contradiction.

Posted on June 22, 2012 by mags

I have read much this past week about Thomas Merton.  Beneath the Mask of Holiness is a meditation by Mark Shaw on the life of the great monk who sought understanding knowledge and intimacy with God, through a life struggling … Continue reading →

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magsmuse 1st birthday ~ celebrated with St John of the Cross

Posted on February 11, 2012 by mags

  † Today I am secretly celebrating magsmuse one year anniversary of blogging.  What better way could there possibly be, than to celebrate with two poems of Love!  † Last week at university, a dearest gentle lady, a fellow student who is a Catholic … Continue reading →

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An Eve of Poetry & Literature (1)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by mags

My dear friend, an author who is in the process of having her first novel published, was invited to read a chapter of her forthcoming book to a select audience, at an intimate evening of literature and poetry.  In a … Continue reading →

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Something Beautiful for God

Posted on November 12, 2011 by mags

It is so very penetrating and momentous when God communicates with us through the scriptures.  I mean not just the everyday tuning in, where any one of us might gather water to quench our thirst.   But the days when … Continue reading →

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The Love of the Letter

Posted on August 23, 2011 by mags

There is something so beautifully poignant and so romantically unsurpassable, encapsulated in the history of the written words of Love, as three times I have discovered in the last few weeks alone. Before Frank Thompson was posted to the Middle … Continue reading →

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Treasures of Heaven, Relics & Saint Christopher

Posted on July 29, 2011 by mags

I am just reading CHRIST a British Museum Book written by Rowena Loverance.  It caught my attention after my recent wonderful visit to the Treasures of Heaven exhibition. A wonderful exhibition of relics and their lavish reliquaries. British Museum – Treasures … Continue reading →

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Psalm

Posted on May 4, 2011 by mags

Peter Owen-Jones has a book still currently on the shelves, entitled Psalm, by O Books, 2005, ISBN 1903816912 This is a beautiful compelling translation of just 11 of the ancient psalms which he has ‘recast’ into a contemporary idiom.   The … 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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