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Everyone is wondering When the war is going to end Between Russia and Ukraine How will it go? What solution will be found? To help us make a peace Who will win and who will lose Our questions never cease   So I took my self to Mearshimer That modern realist He told it straightContinue reading “How Will It End?”

The drama of the Passion plays today In Peter’s Square I see Pope Francis there He speaks about the Lord The abandoned one And all who suffer Especially the lonely one   I felt like that the other night You know Acid reflux dealt its cruel blow And I ignorant of medicines Did not sleepContinue reading “Sickness and Health”

I watched a film last night A documentary About a man who murdered girls In the Ardennes territory   My father fought there in the war Battle of the Bulge Nasty business altogether Murders there indulged   Can’t say I really understand How God allows such sin For many it’s a step too far SoContinue reading “Dark And Deep”

You have to live with yourself You are your own companion every day Sometimes we are not nice to know Sometimes we’d rather flee and go Where nobody knows the truth And stay away   But truth is always there No matter what you do Someday you must go home to self You have toContinue reading “The Truth Will Make You Free”

Approaching Holy Week Time of cancel culture When Jesus was blotted out Like meat left for the vulture   When you have lifted up the Son of Man Then you’ll come to know come to see That I am utter goodness after all And you will want at last to bend the knee   AndContinue reading “No Cancellation”

The Shakerley estate, also known as Wimpeys, was built straight after the war in 1948, on fields that had until then been part of farms. I grew up there and it was a very pleasant place. New houses with gardens back and front, and fields nearby. The estate was a mile outside the town ofContinue reading “A Tyldesley Boy”

The Wild West Cowboy comics Children’s matinee Playing cowboys and Indians Shooting for our play Big screen films on cinema John Wayne rules the world Get yourself a six-gun The gun will make you heard   World War Two was over Then came Vietnam America the mighty Lords it in the van Then came 9/11Continue reading “Bullet Proof”

The glen is empty now I know The families gone – gone like the snow And I am sitting here alone Dreaming of where I used to go   It was my mother’s native home The place from which she had to roam To Manchester across the sea Leaving her mother all alone   WeContinue reading “The Glen”

John 8:1-11   In an interview shortly after his election as pope, Pope Francis was asked, ‘Who is Jorge Bergoglio?’ He paused for some time before answering, ‘I am a sinner.’ Not the answer the interviewer was expecting. Perhaps he wanted to know about the background of the new pope, something of his life storyContinue reading “Writing On The Ground”

An old man now But heart so young A preacher of the Lord Sunday appointment in the Square To break and share the word   Today the tomb of Lazarus An image of our life When suffering and sadness Turn our worlds to strife When darkness seems to cover us And there’s no end inContinue reading “Fervorino”

Clocks go forward Morning comes too soon Feeling rushed I stretch out in my room Today the day for Lazarus Called out from the tomb So I rise from bed Not yet the day of doom   The Lord who saved so many Could not save himself That the taunt of many Jesus beyond helpContinue reading “Calling Lazarus”

Something you can touch That you can see This is the location Of Christ’s mystery I met it first When just a child Sanctuary flame Tabernacle home Communion the same   This is what Christ gives us Living bread to eat Reserved for adoration Come in off the street Rest awhile and listen Let theContinue reading “Ecclesia”

Don’t you want to believe? The man said to the girl Only if it’s true the girl replied And I – I want to believe Indeed in truth I do I believe he rose Yes the man who died   He raised a young girl from the dead His words ‘talitha kum’ The widow ofContinue reading “Life”

At dead of night The turbo prop takes off Above Atlantic waters sheds its load A human cargo Twelve bodies in the night Thousands of feet they fall Out below   Now the plane is found Found five bodies too Pilots too identified Of that fateful crew Bodies in the sea Soon washed up toContinue reading “The Disappeared”

Mills and mines and factory Hardy honest folk Daily grind for daily bread The working person’s yoke Cheery folk and friendly Who liked a pint and smoke Allotments whippets pigeons Would lend you when you’re broke   Then the summer solstice Mayo on the train River farm and cousins Enjoyed in sun or rain LovelinessContinue reading “Firm Foundation”