Early morning arrival at the port in Muscat – before taking off to the west, up the coast, to the Fish Markets at Barka, and then inland to the dramatically-sited fortress at Nakhal. n our second visit to Oman in as many years, we skip Muscat and head west to Barka with its Fish Market …
y sister Annie will be on her feet for four hours shelling these ‘red beauties’ from the sea – my favourite Spanner crabs. Years of expertise using the back of a teaspoon to get into even the smallest claws to extract the sweetest meat for her brother Michael to savour. Trevor had me out of …
Dear Cardinale, dear friend, youngest of eight, and one of six siblings to enter religious life. Surely blessed, and now enjoying the eternal reward that all people of faith strive for. God rest your soul. REQUIESCANT IN PACE + Larger than life and with so many memories; many forged in your latter years living …
great two-minute clip from Pope Francis of two years ago on the subject of ‘Forgiveness’. Two years later, am I mistaken is thinking that the man who simply ‘bounded out of the church’ to greet well-wishers in this video is somewhat slower? Speaking with elderly and sick members of a seaside parish of Rome recently, …
Christmas Greetings – And my best wishes for a happy and healthy 2015 ow fortunate I was to celebrate Christmas in Rome last year. And blessed to be inside St Peter’s Basilica for the Vigil Mass celebrated by Pope Francis. I invite you to view the short video that I made at the time. …