2024-04-10 22:00
It has become tiring to constantly — so it seems — hear and read that the Conservatives have plunged the UK into a cost of living crisis and that we are the only people on earth… Read More
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2024-04-08 22:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-04-07 22:00
On Sunday, April 7, 2024, The Telegraph‘s economics correspondent Liam Halligan, who, sadly, recently left GB News, told us ‘For good economic news, the Tories have an obvious ch… Read More
Second Sunday Of Easter, Quasimodo Sunday — Year B — Exegesis On The First Reading, Acts 4:32-35
2024-04-06 22:00
The Second Sunday of Easter is April 7, 2024.
This particular Sunday, which features the Gospel reading of the encounter between Thomas the Apostle and Jesus regarding His wounds, is traditi… Read More
2024-04-05 22:00
Dehenna Davison was one of the rising stars of the 2019 Conservative MP intake.
Unfortunately, she is not standing for re-election.
Amazingly, she was the first Conservative to win in the no… Read More
2024-04-04 22:00
‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ is the tongue-in-cheek British question.
In terms of architecture and infrastructure, quite a lot, actually.
Furthermore, in 2023 and 202… Read More
2024-04-03 22:00
Seasoned home bakers know that measurements are everything.
Most know about the differences between metric, American and British measurements.
However, sometimes, despite our best efforts at… Read More
2024-04-02 22:01
Privately, many Christians in England celebrated Easter with much joyful reverence.
Publicly, the media covered the greatest feast day in the Church year quite differently. It’s not th… Read More
2024-04-01 21:44
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-03-31 19:00
Happy Easter, everyone! He is risen!
The readings for Easter Day are many. Year B’s are here.
Also available are an exegesis for another Epistle, Acts 10:34-43 (Peter’s preaching… Read More
2024-03-30 20:00
Yesterday’s post — the first part — has links to the readings for and exegeses of the Epistle and Gospel for Good Friday.
Yesterday’s exegesis for this reading covere… Read More
2024-03-29 21:00
Readings for Good Friday can be found here.
Also available are exegeses for the Epistle, Hebrews 10:16-25, and the Gospel, John 18.
The First Reading is as follows (emphases mine):
Isaiah 52… Read More
2024-03-28 21:00
Readings for Maundy Thursday — Holy Thursday — can be found here.
Exegeses are also available for the Epistle, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, and the Gospel, John 13:1-17, 31b-35, both… Read More
2024-03-27 21:00
Readings for Wednesday of Holy Week can be found here.
Traditionalists also call this day Spy Wednesday, because spies at the temple wanted to know our Lord’s whereabouts every day aft… Read More
2024-03-26 21:00
Readings for Tuesday of Holy Week can be found here.
An exegesis on the Epistle, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, and one on the Gospel, John 12:20-36, are also available.
The First Reading is as foll… Read More
2024-03-25 21:00
Readings for the Monday of Holy Week can be found here.
Previous posts for the readings include exegeses on the Epistle, Hebrews 9:11-15 (Christ as the true tabernacle), and the Gospel, John… Read More
2024-03-24 22:30
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-03-23 21:00
Palm Sunday is March 24, 2024.
Readings for Year B’s Liturgy of the Palms can be found here. The Lectionary editors give us a Psalm and the choice of one of two Gospels.
My post also i… Read More
2024-03-22 21:00
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, UnHerd‘s Mary Harrington had an excellent article on who governs the UK, ‘Penny Mordaunt: the perfect head for the headless Tories’.
I will skip… Read More
2024-03-21 21:00
Yesterday’s post was about the recent Guardian articles on the all-male Garrick Club in London’s theatreland.
It should be noted that the Garrick is far from being the only prest… Read More
2024-03-20 21:00
For whatever reason, Britain’s pre-eminent private members’ club for men, The Garrick, has appeared in the press again this week.
For the benefit of younger readers, let’s… Read More
2024-03-19 21:00
A number of lesser-known British news items have popped up in the past week.
Let’s have a look.
UK’s redwood trees more abundant than in the US
That headline will leave my Califo… Read More
2024-03-18 21:00
Much has been made in recent months of British MPs who are standing down at the next general election, anticipated to be held later in 2024.
The three main reasons for this are constituency… Read More
2024-03-17 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-03-16 21:00
The Fifth Sunday in Lent is March 17, 2024, which also happens to be St Patrick’s Day.
This particular Sunday is also known as Passion Sunday, the beginning of the two-week Lenten peri… Read More
2024-03-15 21:00
Illegal immigration from across the Channel is a hot topic in England.
If anyone missed two reports from earlier in March 2024 about migrants who want to leave the UK, here they are, courtes… Read More
2024-03-14 21:00
The Conservatives really need to use their time left in this Parliament to capitalise on the good economic news coming Britain’s way.
British business confidence up
On Tuesday, March 1… Read More
2024-03-12 21:00
The big political news of Monday, March 11, 2024, was Lee Anderson’s defection to Reform.
One week ago, I wrote about Anderson’s criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the MP&r&hell…Read More
2024-03-10 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-03-09 21:00
The Fourth Sunday in Lent is March 10, 2024.
This particular day is also known as Laetare Sunday, which is Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom, not only the great feast of mothers but of… Read More
2024-03-08 21:00
As with everything else in the UK, for whatever reason, righting wrongs takes decades.
Any inquiry, be it for the Hillsborough disaster, the contaminated blood scandal and now the Post Offic… Read More
2024-03-07 21:00
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, saw the penultimate — perhaps the ultimate — budget of the current Conservative government.
Appeasement doesn’t work
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave u… Read More
2024-03-06 21:00
Why on earth would the Sunaks give an interview to a women’s magazine?
It shows how hard up the Conservatives are if they think that the Prime Minister and his wife are going to score… Read More
2024-03-05 21:00
Last week, I wrote about the history of Arabists in the UK and how the present generation of Arabists are influencing what has been taking place in London.
London ‘controlled’
Fr… Read More
2024-03-03 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-03-02 21:00
The Third Sunday in Lent is March 3, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The exegesis for the Gospel, John 2:13-22, can be found here.
The Epistle is as follows:
1 Corinthians 1:18… Read More
2024-02-29 21:00
Last Wednesday evening, February 21, 2024, I was appalled to see a rolling graphic of an infamous Palestinian chant appear on the Elizabeth Tower, home to Big Ben.
I thought it was photoshop… Read More
2024-02-28 21:00
When I first moved to the UK, one thing that struck me was how much the British fawned over the Middle East.
No one else seemed to notice, but that is perhaps because they had been brought u… Read More
2024-02-27 21:00
On Sunday, February 25, 2024, the Church of England’s General Synod passed a motion calling for racial action plans.
The Telegraph carried the story, ‘Church of England tells par… Read More
2024-02-26 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-02-25 14:00
My sincere apologies for not being able to prepare the Sunday exegesis on Saturday.
The Second Sunday in Lent is February 25, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The exegesis for th… Read More
2024-02-23 21:00
Last week, I wrote about Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs who were involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal as ministers. The week before that, I devoted a whole post to Sir Ed Davey, the… Read More
2024-02-22 21:00
Yesterday’s post took a somewhat forensic view of Sir Keir Starmer’s background, from his childhood through his career.
Today’s post looks at a new book that is coming out… Read More
2024-02-21 21:00
How much do we actually know about the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer?
This year, we are likely to see books and documentaries about him. How much will we find out? Whereas Conservatives Bor… Read More
2024-02-20 21:00
Well, well, well.
Who would have been surprised to discover that Church of England rates are still on the decline post-pandemic? Remember how the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was… Read More
2024-02-19 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-02-18 21:00
The First Sunday in Lent is February 18, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here. Note that the first reading from Genesis 9 is God’s covenant with Noah and his descendants regardi… Read More
2024-02-17 21:00
The First Sunday in Lent is February 18, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here. Note that the first reading from Genesis 9 is God’s covenant with Noah and his descendants regardi… Read More
2024-02-16 21:00
In my continuing series on the Post Office Horizon scandal, last Friday, I covered Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey’s involvement.
There are other Lib Dems involved, but we must fi… Read More
2024-02-15 21:00
February 2024’s newspapers and current affairs programmes featured quite a few articles and segments on English churches making a concerted effort to convert willing migrants in search… Read More
2024-02-14 20:00
February 14, 2024 presented some Christian couples a bit of a dilemma.
Do we fast and pray or do we celebrate Valentine’s Day by having a lovely dinner for two?
There must be a middle… Read More
2024-02-13 21:00
On Saturday February 10, 1024, The Guardian had a revealing article by a former yoga instructor, Annie Rice, who explained when yoga turns toxic.
Annie Rice suffered spiritual and physical s… Read More
2024-02-11 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-02-10 21:00
Transfiguration Sunday is February 11, 2024.
This is also Quinquagesima Sunday — the fifth before Easter — and the last Sunday in Epiphany, as well as Shrovetide, the three weeks… Read More
2024-02-09 21:00
Last Friday, February 2, 2024, I wrote about Sir Ed Davey’s involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal when he was minister for the organisation during the Coalition government.
Hi… Read More
2024-02-07 23:08
My post yesterday on the recent history of questionable migrant conversions to Christianity was prescient as, serendipitously, Patrick Christys covered the same topic on his GB News broadcas… Read More
2024-02-06 21:00
Over the past 20 years, clandestine migrants to Europe have not been strangers to converting to Christianity.
The same holds true in the United Kingdom, which I will get to in a moment.
Rece… Read More
2024-02-05 21:00
An exciting discovery from Britain’s medieval era has been made: proof that one of the Archbishops of York, Thurstan, is indeed a saint.
In that era, conferring sainthood was not yet s… Read More
2024-02-04 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-02-03 21:00
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany is February 4, 2024.
Traditionally, this is Sexagesima Sunday — the sixth Sunday before Easter — in Shrovetide, which was a preparation period for… Read More
2024-02-02 21:00
In my continuing series on the Post Office Horizon scandal (see here, here, here and here), I have been writing about UK government IT companies that have been too big to fail since the mid… Read More
2024-02-01 21:00
This story landed nearly a fortnight ago and is still running in some media outlets.
First, separate reports from Finland and Sweden circulated saying that their people must prepare for war… Read More
2024-01-30 21:00
Last week a number of interesting news items appeared.
Miss Japan 2024
On Thursday, January 25, 2024, The Times reported ‘Ukranian-born woman prompts debate after winning Miss Japan&rs&hell…Read More
2024-01-29 21:00
During the Christmas season of 2023, I posted a Neil Oliver GB News video explaining the various seasonal traditions, one of which was the Christmas tree.
In the video, a youngish German pro… Read More
2024-01-28 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-01-27 21:00
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany is January 28, 2024.
Centuries ago, the seventh Sunday before Easter — which is where we are — was called Septuagesima (‘ges’ is pron… Read More
2024-01-26 21:00
Yesterday’s post explained how high tech projects and contracts became too big to fail in the UK, beginning in the 1960s with the late Labour MP Tony Benn serving under Prime Minister… Read More
2024-01-25 21:00
In my third instalment on Britain’s greatest miscarriage of justice in living history, I covered past Post Office executives who are living the good life, completely untouched by the s… Read More
2024-01-24 21:00
Who knew that 24 hours would produce such a flurry of British political news about both Labour and Conservatives?
As yesterday’s post looked at Labour’s centenary of their first… Read More
2024-01-23 21:00
One hundred years ago this week, on January 22, 1924, Ramsay MacDonald became Britain’s first Labour Prime Minister.
He was one of six so far. The others were Clement Attlee, Harold Wi… Read More
2024-01-22 21:00
Last week, the media picked up on a story that suggested Prince William, a lax Anglican, was planning to cut his ties with the Church of England when he becomes king.
However, according to T… Read More
2024-01-21 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-01-20 21:00
The Third Sunday after Epiphany is January 21, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The Gospel is as follows (emphases mine):
Mark 1:14-20
1:14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus cam… Read More
2024-01-19 21:00
This is my third instalment on the Post Office Horizon scandal in the United Kingdom.
My first post has two timelines of events and an introduction to Paula Vennells’s part in this unb… Read More
2024-01-18 21:00
Because of an anonymous judge from the EU blocking the only flight so far to Rwanda in 2022 and because of a UK judge finding that Rwanda is not a ‘safe’ country for notional ref… Read More
2024-01-17 21:00
One could be forgiven for thinking that the world is going down the plughole.
However, an illuminating survey from Our World In Data shows that this is not so. The organisation’s surve… Read More
2024-01-16 21:00
Last Friday, I wrote about Britain’s Post Office scandal, which has been going on since 1999 and is only now, one hopes, coming to a favourable settlement with subpostmasters later thi… Read More
2024-01-15 21:00
Monks have returned to Iona, the little island in the Hebrides where St Columba founded a religious community around 1,500 years ago.
On January 14, 2024, The Sunday Times reported (emphases… Read More
2024-01-14 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-01-13 21:00
The Second Sunday after Epiphany is January 14, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The Gospel is as follows (emphases mine):
John 1:43-51
1:43 The next day Jesus decided to go to G… Read More
2024-01-12 21:00
Hats off to ITV for another excellent television series.
ITV’s last major success was Downton Abbey and, albeit some years later, they succeeded again with Mr Bates vs The Post Office… Read More
2024-01-11 21:00
On January 2, 2024, the Daily Sceptic featured a post, ‘What Ancient Rome Can Teach Our Fearful Age’.
Guy de la Bédoyère recaps the four centuries after the birth o… Read More
2024-01-09 21:00
In recent years, handwriting in schools has been downplayed in favour of keyboard skills.
While knowing how to type is an excellent skill, a 2021 study shows that there is something to be sa… Read More
2024-01-08 21:00
Yesterday’s post on Genesis 3:16 was about God’s curse on Eve and all women following her transgression in the Garden of Eden: eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge (of Goo… Read More
2024-01-07 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2024-01-06 21:00
The First Sunday after Epiphany is January 7, 2024.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The Gospel is as follows (emphases mine):
Mark 1:4-11
1:4 John the baptizer appeared in the wildern… Read More
2024-01-04 21:00
This week’s big news in the United States was the resignation of Dr Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University.
However, she is returning to a faculty position, so it is not as if… Read More
2024-01-03 22:59
Over ten years ago, on May 16, 2013, I wrote ‘Cadbury Dairy Milk: when chocolate won’t melt, there’s a problem‘, excerpted (emphases mine):
Investigation online revea… Read More
2024-01-02 21:00
January 2 is a public holiday in Scotland, part of the Hogmanay celebration.
It seems ironic that, centuries ago, the Church of Scotland — Presbyterian — forbade the celebration… Read More
2024-01-01 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2023-12-31 21:00
General readings for New Year’s Day can be found here.
The exegesis for the Gospel, Matthew 25:31-46, can be found here.
The Epistle is as follows (emphases mine):
Revelation 21:1-6a
2… Read More
2023-12-30 21:00
The First Sunday after Christmas is on December 31, 2023.
This is the first Sunday for which I have a complete set of exegeses for the readings, most of which are the same as in Year A.
The… Read More
2023-12-29 21:00
Labour are forever criticising the Conservative plan to have some migrants crossing the English Channel processed in Rwanda, often called the Switzerland of Africa.
However, 20 years ago, th… Read More
2023-12-28 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
2023-12-27 21:00
On Christmas Eve 2023, GB News’s Neil Oliver devoted his show to the meaning of Christmas.
In his monologue (editorial) at the beginning, he pointed out that Christmas is the only time… Read More
2023-12-26 21:00
I hope that all my British and Commonwealth readers who celebrated Boxing Day had an enjoyable and relaxing December 26th.
On Christmas night, I managed to catch up on GB News’s festiv… Read More
2023-12-24 21:00
The Fourth Sunday of Advent is December 24 — Christmas Eve — 2023.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The Gospel is as follows (emphases mine):
Luke 1:26-38
1:26 In the sixth… Read More
2023-12-23 21:00
The Fourth Sunday of Advent is December 24 — Christmas Eve — 2023.
Readings for Year B can be found here.
The Gospel is as follows (emphases mine):
Luke 1:26-38
1:26 In the sixth… Read More
2023-12-22 21:00
We think we know everything about Christmas, but history throws us a few surprises now and then.
Here are links to some of my past posts about this marvellous time of year, from the religiou… Read More
2023-12-21 21:00
The three-year Lectionary that many Catholics and Protestants hear in public worship gives us a great variety of Holy Scripture.
Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
My series Forbidd… Read More
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