Stephen Clark

A Catholic Scientist from Manchester (UK) currently living in the Philippines. Co-Founder of a small charity group in the UK:- Medjugorje International Relief. My joy is to write about God, that is when my spirit is quickened.

 

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Family Prayer
Family Prayer
One of my grandmother’s catch phrases was ‘he played (H)amlet’ which she used to describe the annoyance and often over-reaction people have when they argue. Perhaps we can all relate and recall occasions when the top was left off the toothpaste (or the seat left up) and we recited a demented monologue from a Shakespearean tragedy in response.
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Set Free..a new life for all
Set Free..a new life for all
..Where sins may give pleasure to the senses for example, this leads to giving reasons for sin, defending one’s actions as habits and then addictions are formed. Eventually they are claimed as rights as they become an integral part of lifestyle. The road in Don Bosco’s dream becomes so steep that those on it run uncontrollably for their destination in the end.
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A Divine Appointment
A Divine Appointment
Those who seek the Lord will find Him, He will prepare our hearts for it and reveal Himself.
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Siberian Spring
Siberian Spring
It’s not the only thing that has gone cold in Europe though; they made the same mistake as the Soviets, as Solzhenitsyn put it describing his nation’s woes “Men have forgotten God”
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Emporer Xi ...
Emporer Xi ...
My favourite line from the God Father (part 3) is:- ‘Power wears out those who don’t have it’ words whispered into Don Lucchesi’s ear seconds before he was assassinated with his own spectacles. Earthly power is an intoxicating and often rather brief illusion; made savage when it’s in the hands of frightened men who cling to it.
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A Widow from Dublin and the Ethiopian Famine
A Widow from Dublin and the Ethiopian Famine
The BBC’s brilliant reporting as the story broke left the lapsed-catholic punk rock star Bob Geldof undone and he picked up the gauntlet. His Live aid concert raised about 150 Million pounds worldwide and was watched by at least half the population of the planet via the biggest ever satellite link-up. Much of its success was due to his own frank sincerity as he inspired people to give.
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Follow the Clues ...
Follow the Clues ...
The prayer group I attend gives an opportunity to lay down one’s burdens and concerns and bring them to God in prayer and miracles happen as the community prays in faith for His intervention. Nothing is off limits, no prayer too big or too small.
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The Measure of his sacrifice
The Measure of his sacrifice
What legacy will we leave, what will be the measure of this Catholic generation’s sacrifice? Perhaps another old soldier can lend his counsel from beyond the grave “Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in… Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” (Churchill)
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Souls Crying out from Purgatory ...
Souls Crying out from Purgatory ...
,one holy soul had this to say, “It is the Blood of Jesus Christ that is needed to extinguish the flames by which I am consumed; it is the Holy Sacrifice (of the Mass) which will deliver me from these frightful torments. I implore you to keep your word, and refuse me not that which in justice you owe me.”
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Through Endurance we Conquer
Through Endurance we Conquer
“luxury is a menace to authentic manhood”.
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Who is Missing and what have we lost ?
Who is Missing and what have we lost ?
There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that during a discussion between Hilary Clinton and Mother Teresa, the former asked why she thought there had been no female President of the United States; to which Mother Teresa responded “she was probably aborted”.
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Don't throw tradition under the bus ...
Don't throw tradition under the bus ...
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a wonderful gift to believers and the church; but lets not throw our tradition under the bus.
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Prepare for Miracles
Prepare for Miracles
A few years ago, in a small town in the Cordillera mountain range, we sat at a table having dinner opposite a man with a vision. I was surprised by it and at the same time knew that it would be magnificent.
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War against self-interest
War against self-interest
I suspect the Celtic part of my ancestry led me to embrace the idea that you can get a lot further in battle with an axe and a kind word than you can with just a kind word but I am also inspired by the diplomacy and patience of an Englishman, William Wilberforce who stood valiantly against slavery for most of his life, completing the task of its abolition across the whole British Empire just three
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Ancient Paths
Ancient Paths
There is something in the pace and noise we have created in the modern world that deadens the soul, crushes the spirit, we become machine-like, on a production line from birth to death, sometimes without entering into the purpose of our existence at all.
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