Monthly Archives: January 2012

Metropolitan Opera New York Enchanted Island Joyce Didonato

Posted on 09/01/2012 by

This has had such amazing reviews and this must have been taken on a i-phone….but even so Ms Joyce Didonato can be heard….she’s not only a fabulous singer and a great actress but extremely conscientious towards her public….La Diva…asboslutely… I’m … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Day of Christmas

Posted on 05/01/2012 by

The Vigil of Epiphany………….. Well we’ve made it safely to the end of the Christmas season….today is traditionally the day you exchanged gifts or presents…like the kings who brought their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh…. Today is the day … Continue reading →

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Letter to America

Posted on 04/01/2012 by

Letter to America II…After Iowa…. The aftermath of the caucuses in Iowa has led Michelle Bachmann…darling of the mad hatters of the Tea Party movement…to withdraw from the Presidential election… Her withdrawal speech invoked God so many times I lost … Continue reading →

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Eleventh Day of Christmas

Posted on 04/01/2012 by

The Wednesday of Christmas…. Feast of St Elizabeth Anne Seaton ( first saint of the USA canonised in 1975) It seems most appropriate that on the day we learn of the result of the Iowa caucuses we should also celebrate … Continue reading →

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Tenth Day of Christmas

Posted on 03/01/2012 by

The Tuesday of Christmas…. This day has leaping lords but no Saints….so I thought we might all consider those ill made resolutions that come in with the New Year and barely last out the first week of January…. After Epiphany … Continue reading →

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Creena Murphy 1924 – 2011

Posted on 02/01/2012 by

Creena looking out of the window of a Vaporetto crossing over to San Giorgio Maggiore                                               Mum’s anniversary … Continue reading →

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Ninth Day of Christmas

Posted on 02/01/2012 by

Feast of St Basil Great and St Gregory of Nazianzen St Basil was highly thought of both in his time and later by John Henry Cardinal Newman amongst others….he was ranked with Athansius as a theologian and his panegyric his … Continue reading →

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Eighth Day of Christmas

Posted on 02/01/2012 by

Solemnity of Mary the mother of God and in the old calendar The Circumcision of Our Lord Circumcision takes place on the eighth day after birth…I believe from memory as instructed both to Abraham in Genesis and to Moses in … Continue reading →

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