Grams Ramblings
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I am a proud mother of nine wonderful children, grandmother of twenty four and great grandmother of two - an ever growing family and I love them all. Faith,Family, Friends, Freedom, Fun, Food - all important things to me. It shows in my writing, I'm sure.
Grams Ramblings
1d ago
25th March 2024
The House was Full of the Scent of the Ointment
"...Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was full of the scent of the ointment..."
These words from the Gospel today made me think. Mary's gesture was most extravagant in that the ointment was so precious. She used so much of it that the whole house was drenched in the sweet perfume. Judas would question the reasonableness of spending all that money.
I am struck by her generosity and her love. Of course her gen ..read more
Grams Ramblings
1w ago
20th March
A Long Life
Your life is not long on this earth ,
open your wings, flutter in royal magnificence,
reaching far and wide.
Your life is not long on this earth,
with patience gather those who are poor,
in kindness bring abundance .
Your life is not long on this earth,
with joy, bring rest to the weary,
to the anxious , bring peace .
For your life will be long on this earth,
according to the love you have for the others,
according to how little
you think of yourself.
So here's to a long life lived,
with days spe ..read more
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2M ago
We celebrate the Feast of John Bosco today. I've always had a great love for this Saint.
With a particular concern and care for the young, first with evening classes where hundreds came to listen to his teachings about God and Heaven.
he eventually set up a boarding house for apprentices and workshops for education and training, which is wonderful , thinking about them working and doing well and not just thinking about their spiritual lives. After all it's all one , our struggle with sanctity and our whole life is part of that.
Some of his sayings:
"My children, jump, run, an ..read more
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5M ago
2nd October 2023
All Over the Floor
All over the floor,
From one side of the room
to the other,
strewn haphazardly,
lay little mounds of clothes.
She sits in the midst,
her hand reaches for
a purple jumper,
a tear falls
and she breathes out
a slow sigh.
As she always did,
with black bags that
were left on her doorstep,
she'd tipped them out
all over the floor.
It was something she always
felt excited about.
What would she find
among the clothes, the brick o back, the books.?
Always something she needed,  ..read more
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11M ago
Gospel : John 10:1-10 30th April 2023
Jesus said: ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When h ..read more
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11M ago
1st May 2023
St Joseph the Worker.
For a long time now this Feastday has been one of my favourites.
The Gospel for today gives that that wonderful description, meant to be derogatory but, when we think about it , so meaningful, of Jesus after the people heard Him teaching in the Synagogue in Nazareth: "Where did the man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? This is ..read more
Grams Ramblings
11M ago
29th April 2023
Hello, friends, although this post is for the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop, I first, to get it off my chest, want to mention a little "sorrow" that I'm feeling.
April is National Poetry Month. It's the same every year and in the past I've enjoyed taking part in it. The idea is to post a poem a day throughout the month of April. I love challenging myself with this brain aching activity.   ..read more
Grams Ramblings
1y ago
17/04/23
Spring Cleaning
Forty days of lent, that long, penitential, pilgrimage,
brings us to Holy Week.
Holy Week , when, hopefully we've been trying to be more
closely united to Our Lord,
concludes with the three days of the Easter Triduum,
where we try to put even more effort in to accompanying
Jesus and His Blessed Mother, our Mother, on His journey to the cross.
Finally, after all the beautiful liturgies, that are completely draining,
both spiritually and emotionally we reach the climax,
the Easter Vigil a ..read more
Grams Ramblings
1y ago
15th March 2023
"You have no bucket, sir, and the well is deep: how could you get this living water?"
Today, in the liturgy, there is the choice to have again the beautiful, gloriously rich story of the Samaritan Woman.
I was struck for the first time - and I've listened to and read the story many , many times over my nearly 70 years - by the simple, everyday way in which the woman talks to Jesus - "You have no bucket..."
It made me think how easy it is not to trust that God is God and that he needs no bucket.
How often do we think, that's impossibly ?
How often do ..read more
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1y ago
22nd Feb 2023
Ash Wednesday always comes as a bit of a surprise to me. And here we are again.
Yesterday, I found a Christmas bauble from the tree, under the units in the hallway. A remnant of the celebrations and the beautiful season that seem to be only just finished. Is it my age?
Now, today we start the journey of lent . I'll go to Holy Mass as I do most days. But there will be some differences. All the statues will be draped in purple and the priests will be dressed in the same colour. There will be no Alleluia and we'll ask the Lord, "A pure heart create for me O G ..read more