Steve D’Arcy
stevied-preston.bsky.social
Steve D’Arcy
@stevied-preston.bsky.social
Retired sixth form teacher and chaplain.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, those who reconcile conflict and hate: they are indeed the sons and daughters of God.

~ Your Kingdom come, O Lord.

#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerforPeace #JesusChrist

#Christ by #Ukrainian artist Maryana Flyak
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Pope Leo XIV today: "Brothers and sisters, those boats which hope to catch sight of a safe port, and those eyes filled with anguish and hope seeking to reach the shore, cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination!"
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
‘The truth is neither yours nor mine so that it can be both yours and mine’
St Augustine
September 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Wonderful Michael Rosen poem ‘My Island of Strangers’. My Irish parents had a combined service of 64 years in the NHS. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I haven’t watched Newsnight in a while. I lasted 5 minutes. People talking over each other. I learnt nothing new. Katie Razzle ending the row (not a debate) saying there would be no agreement when the entire premise of the piece was just to set up total opposition. Lots of heat- no light.
January 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
#cncchaplaincy
Feast of the Presentation
He protects Israel, his servant,
remembering his mercy,
the mercy promised to our fathers,
to Abraham and his sons for ever.
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
#cncchaplaincy
Feast of the Presentation
He casts the mighty from their thrones
and raises the lowly.
He fills the starving with good things,
sends the rich away empty.
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
#cncchaplaincy
Feast of the Presentation
His mercy is from age to age,
on those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in strength
and scatters the proud-hearted.
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
#cncchaplaincy
Feast of the Presentation
He looks on his servant in her nothingness;
henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels for me.
Holy his name!
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 PM
#cncchaplaincy
Feast of the Presentation
My soul glorifies the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.
November 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
#cncchaplaincy
Feast of the Presentation
November 21, 2024 at 3:34 PM
I love the colours in our garden at the moment.
August 30, 2024 at 7:32 PM