by Michael McG | Jan 9, 2023 | Voice Column
New Year’s Day has many historical and religious origins. In our part of the world, it owes its principal origins to the Roman god Janus. Janus was the god of gateways. He is depicted with two faces, one facing forwards and one facing backwards, the god of beginnings...
by Michael McG | Dec 6, 2022 | Voice Column
Deep down inside the human spirit there is a flame of hope. Sometimes that hope can be expressed crudely in wanton restlessness or it can be enshrined in persevering heroic trust against the odds. It is not optimism, though, like Mr Micawber, but genuine hope is...
by Michael McG | Nov 10, 2022 | Voice Column
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen It is such a common and well-worn prayer, that it trips off our tongue with such ease, and perhaps little thought. It’s November, and I always think that this signals the...
by Michael McG | Oct 10, 2022 | Voice Column
I’m sure, like many families, when we gather together as a family, we talk about people in the past, our parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, people who we’ve known. That’s when the old biscuit tin comes out, which contains all the photographs, all...
by Michael McG | Sep 12, 2022 | Voice Column
How time flies! It only seems the twinkling of an eye and the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes was on the horizon, and now it is come and gone, together with the Postgate Rally and our Assumption Pilgrimage to Osmotherley. Soon we will be celebrating the Mass for the...
by Michael McG | Aug 1, 2022 | Voice Column
I hope that the summer months have been good for you. It is wonderful that we will be able to celebrate the Mass of the Assumption at the Lady Chapel on Sunday August 14 this year. It is even more auspicious as we will have the joy and pleasure of the presence of...
