Last Friday it was revealed that, in Scotland, the number of humanist weddings is now greater than the number of Catholic ones. There are also funerals and name-giving ceremonies conducted by humanist ministers. Generally speaking, these mark the most significant celebrations of life, for so long reserved to the Church. The main difference is the absence of any religious aspect…
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Over the last three Sundays we’ve had a kind of chronicle of Jesus’ appearances after his resurrection: at Easter Mary Magdalene discovered that the tomb was open and empty; eight days later Thomas the Apostle had a personal meeting with the risen Lord, and today Jesus meets a group of seven disciples on the bank of the lake. Of course there are…
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A year ago the scientific world was thrilled when the existence of the so-called God’s particle was confirmed. It was predicted in 1964 by a British scientist Peter Higgs from the Edinburgh University, but for decades it had remained a purely theoretical concept. The discovery was possible thanks to the construction of a massive and hugely expensive instrument called the…
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It was […] the first day of the week and still dark Let’s try to imagine Mary Magdalene’s feelings. For the last couple of days her life fell apart, when Jesus was arrested, killed and buried. The arrest was sudden, the sentence was surprising, and the death was horrible, the burial was improper… Apparently everything that might have gone wrong…
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For the last two or three months very often I’ve been electrically charged. I couldn’t have noticed that unless I touched metal things. An instant discharge, although not dangerous, has always been a highly unpleasant experience. So unpleasant that I’ve developed a weird custom of a slow and cautious touch, preparing myself mentally to stand the expected discharge. All in…