Archive for May 2022

“The Son of Righteousness appears with healing in hIs wings” The Prophet Malachi “And He sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to perform healing.” Luke 9 I had intended to tell you about a couple of people in need of healing that I met at Iona.  But considering the ongoing war…

“Go in peace, your faith has healed you.”  Jesus “You cannot heal what you don’t first acknowledge.”  Richard Rohr in “Breathing Underwater Iona is a place of healing.  Deep healing. It was founded as such. St. Columba arrived on its shores in 563 desperately in need of healing.  He had been banished from his native…

The only constant in life is change. What changes have you experienced in life of late?  And more importantly perhaps, how have you adjusted to them? As I stepped off the ferry onto the sacred shores of Iona last week I was confronted with change.  Yes, much remained the same, such as the Abbey rising…

“In your presence there is fullness of joy.” Psalm 16 “Joy is prayer; joy is strength; joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” Mother Teresa “It’s the joy of life.”  That’s what Amy, a server at the Lorne Pub in Oban said Friday evening when I asked…

“Am fear a the’id a dh’l, theid e tri’ uairean ann.”   Celtic saying which means “Those who come to Iona will come not once, but three times.” “Iona is a thin place where only tissue paper separates the material from the spiritual.”  George Macleod, founder of the Iona Community Today I leave for Iona, Scotland.…