‘A feather on the breath of God.’
Whenever I think of Hildegard of Bingen (whose feast day we celebrate today) I think of that phrase. A feather on the breath of God. I don’t know where it comes from, other than it is the name of an album of her music. But it must come from somewhere else. Anyone know? What is a feather on the breath of God?
Categories: Church
Tagged: Quote, Hildegard of Bingen
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
throw my journals in the lake.
Blogging is the first draft of history.
Nobel Prize committee, explaining why blogs are now eligible in the writing and newspaper categories.
If you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, get up and switch it on yourself.
(from Loose Women, 19.1.09)
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Advice, Quote
I’m sick and tired of people leaving money to bloody donkey sanctuaries in their wills.
WHAT ABOUT THE CHURCH? THE CHURCH!
Anthony O’Connor
I have come to the conclusion that the older I get, the more insanity I can handle.
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Tagged: Insanity, Quote
From today’s Herald’s diary:
‘did you notice, in the New Year Honours List, that a Dr Donald Buttress has been awarded an OBE for “services to the conservation of cathedrals”?’
“When I first began preaching, I wanted each sermon to be a powerful and transformative experience. I wanted it to be exegetically and theologically sound, even while it was painting new pictures and inspiring new metaphors. I wanted people’s lives to be changed and the reign of God to come. Now, after almost 20 years of ministry, I just want to have it done by Friday.”
Bradley Schmeling in Christian Century magazine
There are no difficult people in the world
only people in difficulty.
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Tagged: Quote
Scene: the end of the 8.30am Mass while people are praying and I am standing at the door waiting to greet them.
Woman 1 to Woman 2: (Nudge) Come on, we’d better go. She’s standing there like a piece of four-penny cheese.
