"He is like a sheperd feeding His flock,

gathering lambs in His arms,

holding them against His breast

and leading to their rest the mother ewes".

(Isaiah.40.v.11)

20/5/1985 - 23/1/2005

Far to precious for this world

In His wisdom, God took you back into His loving arms.

Love does not reach its fullest bloom until it is given away...

Instruct us in The WAY... Your way dear Lord...

Not so much to seek to be loved,

as to love with all our hearts...

It is in such giving do we become free...

We hunger to know Your Will & complete it.

I desire that all people come:

"Woman, why turn to me?

My hour has not yet come"...

His mother and our mother too, turned to the servants,

"Do whatever He tells you"...

He let His glory be seen...

Queen of Heaven, Mother to all that live...God refuses you nothing,

please hold us, please petition for us, please teach us to give, whatever God asks, without

reserve...

For Gods purest Will shall be done, here on earth, as it is in Heaven...

(John 2. v1-12)

The Blessed Papa Giavanni Paulo II

Good things come in little packages:

My little boy, "Anthony".

We have seen very little of you!

Most of your time is spent under your blanket

in hibernation, taking in the therms of the radiator!

But we love you, and know you love us, especially

at breakfast when there is one pancake for you and

one for me!!

The Lord, the Lord;

"Our God of tenderness and compassion,

slow to anger, rich in kinderness, faithfulness;

for thousands He maintains His kindness, forgives faults,

transgressions and sin, yet He lets nothing go unchecked..."

(Exodus 34.v. 6)

The staff of life:

Moses was given the mission to guide Gods people out of Egypt where they were being persecuted...
He was told to throw his staff to the ground, where it was transformed into a serpent, showing the power of Almighty God!
Moses, recoiled from it in fear...
God chose this simple staff of wood, this simple man of of speech, to become the way by which He would lead His people out.
Serpents would indeed be devoured by it, all evil would be over powered and brought low by it...
God in His love for Israel provided manna, gave springs of life giving water, as He led His people on, on towards His holy city...Jerusalem.

Now in this day of the Lord, the staff indeed leads Gods people on...
Not a serpent, but a Cross, as Moses, we all still recoil from it...
God commanded Moses, "Pick it up by its tail"... To embrace the staff, is to be transformed by it. The Holy Staff, Gods alter of love...
From it a beaten, bleeding heart hangs seemingly lifeless from it.
But look closer still, a light comes forth, provision of strength is given in manna from Gods right hand, life giving water flows from within it, to lead His people on.

Take no bread, no purse, no spare tunic, for your journey...only embrace and hold up the Holy Staff of God...
His Risen Son, in Body , in Blood, in Word, leading Gods people ever on to the eternal city ... Jerusalem.

The Cedars of Lebanon:

"From the top of the Cedar,

from the highest branch I will take a shoot

and plant it myself on a very high mountain.

I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel.

It will sprout branches and bear fruit,

and become a noble cedar.

Every kind of bird will live beneath it,

every winged creature rest in the shade

of it branches.Every tree of the field will learn that I, the Lord

am the one...who stunts tall trees and makes the low ones grow,

who withers green trees and makes withered green.

I, the Lord have spoken, and I will do it".

(Ezekiel 17.v22-24)