Portsmouth Roman Catholic

If we listen to the politicians there is a great deal of poverty in the UK.   There are certainly many families where the children grow up deprived of the food and clothing other children enjoy, and many parents who do indeed have a low income  and depend on Food Banks.   As indeed is the case in many countries in the EU, and especially Germany.     But is this a purely economic question?    Is one nasty party creating all this and we just have to vote for the opposition  to put things right?   It is all just about money or is it? If we go to Food Banks the first noticeable thing is that the vast majority of families who go there are single parent families.   The inevitable consequence of women going out to work was that more and more the economy was shaped to a two wage family.    Many women at first went to work to give their families more luxuries but this ended up as the two wage system adjusted to the economy in many wor...

One of the elders then spoke and asked me "Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where have they come from?"  I answered him "You can tell me, sir"    Then he said "These are the people who have been through the great trial: they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the lamb. That is why they are standing in front of God's throne and serving Him day and night: and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.  They will never hunger or thirst again, sun and scorching wind will never plague them, because the Lamb who is at the heart of the throne will be their shepherd and will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes"     Revelations 7: 13-17 When John began preaching in the desert he saw Jesus approaching and called out "Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes a...

I was talking today with friends about how hurt we felt when we go to Church on Sunday into a congregation where children are running around, adults are involved in loud discussions, and very few are acknowledging the physical presence among them of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.   In the days in which I grew up the presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle at the centre of the altar called us to prayer, and preparation for the Mass that was to follow.   For if the consecrated host is not Jesus then there is little point to the Mass, we are just at a service of praise and calling the host Jesus is merely symbolic.   This is the opinion of the majority of Protestants, but being Catholic should be  different.   Difficulties entered the Church when the Protestant version of Authority and the Bible was introduced.   Whereas for two thousand years it was scripture and tradition, tradition meaning the teachings passed down from the apostles and their successors, or ...

Ok I am just a stay at home kind of guy.  But if you like the hymn do make it your own.  You can sing or play better than I can.