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Good #SaturdayMorning everyone! Here I am with #TodaysHeaven, looking back on a double anniversary, memories (painful and good), redemption and God's love. Enjoy!

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For his love endures forever
A few days ago I marked a double anniversary. The 16th September is a significant date in my story - twice over. Thirty-five years ago, a do...
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September 19, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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A bit late in the day, but some thoughts from #TodaysHeaven and me, for today's feast of the #ExaltationOfTheCross

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For God so loved the world...
I looked at your cross, O Christ, and there read the song of your love. ~ St John of the Cross Until a year ago, I lived in the upstairs fla...
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September 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Here, hot off my keyboard, #TodaysHeaven gathers a few thoughts for today's #NativityOfMary

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Magnificat, mission and YES
Today we celebrate the birth of a little girl who would be called to become the Mother of her Creator, the Mother of God. Yet, she is born s...
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September 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Good #BankHoliday Monday morning everyone! Hope you find a few minutes for #TodaysHeaven, written last night... Flowers, vows and an uncovered cross... Plus a bonus pic of me as you've never seen me before!

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Flowers, vows and an uncovered cross
Saturday's wedding in my parish church meant that on Sunday we still had a sanctuary bedecked with flowers, and floral wreaths and veiling a...
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August 31, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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'He is famous for having prayed to God for the gift of chastity and self-control - but not yet...'

Something from #HeavensArchives, for today's feast of #StAugustine

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But not yet
A few months ago we planted some sunflowers in our garden, looking forward to a patch of golden loveliness during the summer months. It's no...
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August 28, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Today's #Gospel reminded me to delve into #HeavensArchive, & find this reflection on Jesus' question, from 2020

Who do you say I am?
Who does Jesus say you are?
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Who do you say I am?
Who do you say I am? (Mark 8.29) Whenever I read today's Gospel I take Jesus' question rather personally. Who, he asks me each time, am I fo...
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August 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Please join us in praying for, & congratulating, Sr Bernie Porter #RSCJ, former principal Digby-Stuart @uni-roehampton.bsky.social as she celebrates her golden jubilee (50 years) of #vows. Read her reflection on this milestone

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Elected Golden Jubilee | The Society of the Sacred Heart
Bernie Porter RSCJ celebrates 50 years of vows
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August 21, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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A visit to St Ignatius Parish, Stamford Hill, spotting Sophie, and Veronica's veil, are the inspirations for #TodaysHeaven and revealing Love's face...

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Revealing the face of Love
The other day a friend and I walked around St Ignatius church in Stamford Hill, in London. Built about 120 years ago by the Jesuits, who sti...
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August 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Happy #AssumptionDay to you all! #TodaysHeaven comes with thanks to two muses - one of them being @srmiriamosb.bsky.social - plus my still-shy #sunflower...

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Lifted up to God by God
We've somehow reached the mid-point of August, at the end of a week which contained an astonishing solar eclipse and the fifth heatwave of t...
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August 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Good evening and happy feast to you all! Heaven and I are arriving late at the #Transfiguration party, and bringing a reluctant #sunflower with us...
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Radiance and a reluctant sunflower
I hope I won't inadvertently jinx anything if I say that this year, for the first time ever, I am on the brink of growing some sunflowers. H...
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August 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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From #HeavensArchive... today's St John Vianney had a small, but powerful 'cameo' part in the conversion of Mabel Digby #RSCJ, 5th Superior General of the Society of the #SacredHeart

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A powerful cameo
Whenever I hear of today's saint, John Vianney, I can't help thinking, not only of the priests for whom he is patron, but of Mabel Digby. ...
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August 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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In #TodaysHeaven we bring together today's saint #StIgnatiusOfLoyola with #StBenedict, via their suscipes, and a funeral...

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Suscipe: offering, gratitude and hope
Uphold me, Lord, according to your word, and do not disappoint me in my hope. This is the Suscipe, full of faith and trust in God's fidelity...
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July 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Posted late yesterday evening by @silvanarscj.bsky.social, in celebration of Saints Martha, Mary & Lazarus - and all the Bethanies in our lives

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The delight of Jesus
The house of Bethany was the delight of Jesus when he was on earth; it was his favourite dwelling. There he was intimately known by Lazarus,...
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July 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Here are #TodaysHeaven and I arriving late with this blog at the Martha, Mary & Lazarus Bethany house party, with thanks to inspiration from today's unwitting muse @carmelitequotes.blog

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The delight of Jesus
The house of Bethany was the delight of Jesus when he was on earth; it was his favourite dwelling. There he was intimately known by Lazarus,...
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July 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Please pray with us for this week's meeting of #RSCJ formators in Rome. May it be a fruitful opportunity to share experiences, reflect on current challenges, and deepen our understanding of the moment we are living as a Society in relation to initial formation.

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July 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Good #Sunday morning everyone! Here are some shady thoughts, from #TodaysHeaven and me, to start off another blazingly hot day...

Your love is a shadow on me
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Your love is a shadow on me
After hearing the news of Bonnie Tyler's death during the week, I turned to YouTube for some of her ballads, begining with Total Eclipse of ...
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July 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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"I hope that everyone might have the experience of Peter & Paul; namely that the love of Jesus Christ may save their life and drive them to give it..."

A little something from #HeavensArchives, for #StsPeterandPaul
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The experience of Peter and Paul
I hope that everyone might have the experience of Peter and Paul; namely that the love of Jesus Christ may save their life and drive them to...
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June 27, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Away from 10 Downing Street (though I was elsewhere in Westminster today!), I am quietly celebrating the 23rd anniversary of my perpetual #vows...

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Living in the heart of joy
Today, as I quietly celebrate the 23rd anniversary of my perpetual profession of vows, I am, of course, wearing the cross I received on that...
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June 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Being a nun is 100% the gift that keeps on giving!

The latest piece of #TodaysHeaven, from @silvanarscj.bsky.social

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The gift that keeps on giving
One of the many unexpected blessings of being an RSCJ is the people I know, and the networks I belong to, simply because I am a sister. I wa...
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June 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Being a nun: the gift that keeps on giving

The latest piece of #TodaysHeaven, thanks to a half-joking comment by a work colleague
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The gift that keeps on giving
One of the many unexpected blessings of being an RSCJ is the people I know, and the networks I belong to, simply because I am a sister. I wa...
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June 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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A great tiny joy: today's #CorpusChristi piece of Heaven... With thanks to #PopeLeo and @malcolmguite.bsky.social

And wishing a happy feast to you all!

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A great tiny joy
Yet this is how He comes. Through wine and bread Love chooses to be emptied into me...  ~ from a sonnet by Malcolm Guite I have at times sh...
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June 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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The month of the #SacredHeart, and Jesus' compelling invitation... with bonus #MagnificaHumanitas quote 😇

#TodaysHeaven written last night
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Sacred Heart invitation
The civilisation of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity...
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June 2, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Happy feast of St Madeleine Sophie #RSCJ to you all! She and I have been in dialogue, marrying her feast to today's publication of #MagnificaHumanitas. This piece of #TodaysHeaven is the result - I hope it speaks to you

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Sophie and Magnificent Humanity
Hot on the heels of the great feast of Pentecost, today those of us in any way interested in Catholic Social Teaching began the day followin...
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May 25, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Gifts, fruits & the Spirit's abundance... A #Pentecost piece of #TodaysHeaven...

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Happy feast to you all! May the Spirit fill you abundantly with the gifts & fruits you need

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Come and fill us from your abundance
Come, Holy Spirit come and fill us. Come and fill us from your abundance. Pour out your grace on our hopes and dreams. ~ Prayer from a Pente...
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May 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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The latest piece of #TodaysHeaven, for today's #WorldCommunicationsDay... And giving thanks for everyone here who communicates with love, respect and good humour ❤️

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Making real my work of love
A few days ago we celebrated the Ascension, when Jesus' parting words to his disciples sent them forth, to be his witnesses to the ends of t...
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May 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM