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About Me
- Barry
- Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom
- I am a retired Consulting IT Specialist. I have been married to Julia for 50 yearsrs and we are blessed with four children; David, Andrew, Lawrie and Hélèna. Not forgetting the "other half's"; Gaew married to Andrew, Lawrie's partner Emma and Hélèna's husband Sam. In addition we have two grandchildren - Henry Thomas, son of Lawrie and Emma. Henry was eight in April 2021 and his sister, Georgia Rose, born on 29 December 2017. I am ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the RC Church - date of ordination 8 June 2013 so am now in my ninth year of ministry.
My Blog List
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The Mystery of the Incarnation - Sunset marks the beginning of the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Tonight, we light *all* the candles! At the Easter Vigil, as the deacon enters the Church carryi...
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NOLLAIG 2024 : Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin - At the very centre of the word ‘*incarnation*’ is the noun ‘*caro*’ meaning flesh. God assumes our flesh. He who is everywhere, allows himself to be rest...
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Starmer Swaps “Man of the People” Glasses for Luxury High-Value German Specs - Co-conspirators may remember Starmer swapping his £500 Danish-designed luxury Lindberg 6544s for the £220 “*California cool*” of the Garrett Leight Hampt...18 hours ago
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Mary Hastened - Homily at Our Lady of the Valleys for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C. Mary went with haste! Imagine having your life’s plans turned upside down by a m...20 hours ago
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Merry Christmas - Local knitters out in force and doing a great job decorating not just the post box but the old phone box for Christmas, will make you smile even if ...
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Cardinal Eijk on Mission, Secularization and the World Synod - *"Anyone who creates confusion alienates people from the Church... I would like to say to the bishops of other countries: do not make this mistake, do ...
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Father Reese and Tired Old Tropes About Deacons - INTRODUCTION Jesuit Father Thomas Reese has, once again, wheeled out some tired old myths and misperceptions about the diaconate. He seems to go through th...4 months ago
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Learning from Yom Kippur - FIND forgiveness. There's an apt phrase. To find forgiveness, we must seek it out. We must be humble enough to admit our own broken humanity. To realize th...3 years ago
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DW: Daily Office – Portal Podcast - Portal Magazine · Lent 1 This week I contributed to the new podcast of The Portal Magazine, the monthly online … Continue reading →3 years ago
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NEW BLOG URL - PLEASE BOOKMARK http://www.barrywhytestorage.blog/ - http://www.barrywhytestorage.blog/ Please note that IBM is sunsetting this blog website, as of 1st January 2020 this blog will vanish off the internet! ...5 years ago
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She doesn’t support women’s ordination — but thinks it’s time for women to be cardinals - From The New Yorker, a profile of Lucetta Scaraffia, editor of the Vatican’s magazine, Women Church World: Scaraffia is, by and large, quite conservative: ...6 years ago
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The Last Post - Teresa Shute 5/12/1949 – 10/4/2018 From July 2013 until the end of January this year I placed at least one post here every single day of the year. Every da...6 years ago
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Cara Budidaya Ikan Nila - informasi *Budidaya Ikan Nila* yang kami sampaikan dibawah ini sebagai pengetahuan anda semua dalam berbudidaya. Semoga dapat bermanfaat dan sebagai motiv...
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The Helplessness of God - an Advent Reflection - The bedroom in my houseboat has french doors that open onto the water. This morning I awoke to the sound of a swan approaching in flight. The power of t...
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Scottish Flora and Fauna - And here is some of the wonderful Flora and Fauna we saw Slightly overexposed orchid Look close and you'll see an otter... David Attenborough (!) Puffins...
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iOS 7 Design Consistency: Button Colors - While iOS 7 brought many welcome changes to Apple’s mobile operating system, one category of change that has not set well with many developers and users is...11 years ago
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Silence and Solitude of the Desert Fathers and Thomas Merton - *Introduction* We are all solitaries even if we do not realize it. It is basic and inevitable to being human, for it fundamentally as an individual that ...17 years ago
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that joke must be as old as ... well you probably!!!
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