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Bagpipes & Claudius Maximus

The Reading Scottish Bagpipe Band stop by to blow away the cobwebs with some festive tunes and we hear from Roman soldier Claudius Maximus aka Peter Ashmore.

The Reading Scottish Bagpipe Band stop by to blow away the cobwebs with some festive tunes and prove you can play Star Wars and Magnificent Seven on the bagpipes! Plus we hear from super centurion soldier Claudius Maximus aka Peter Ashmore who teaches legions of kids about the Romans! So it's a gladiator Top Tenuous and Father Brian D'Arcy has the daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 5 Dec 2016 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

  • Tom Chaplin

    Hardened Heart

    • The Wave.
    • Island.

  • Mavis Staples

    Christmas Vacation

    • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • WEA.
    • 6.

  • Jess Glynne

    Hold My Hand

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Beautiful South

    You Keep It All In

    • Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Cha.
    • Go! Discs.

  • Bellowhead

    Christmas Bells / Jingle Bells

    • (CD Single).
    • Navigator Records.
    • 2.

  • The Shires

    A Thousand Hallelujahs

    • My Universe.
    • Decca.
    • 010.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Jet

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 2.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Dear Future Husband

    • Title.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Tom Odell

    Silhouette

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Michael Jackson

    Smooth Criminal

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • John Lennon

    #9 Dream

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Paloma Faith

    Stone Cold Sober

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Show Me The Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Jingle Bells

    • Christmas Songs By Sinatra.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • The Ronettes

    Frosty The Snowman

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The Beach Boys

    Little Saint Nick

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Morcheeba

    Rome Wasn't Built In A Day

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.

  • Sting

    One Fine Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Wham!

    Last Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Kim Wilde

    Hey Mister Snowman

    • Wilde Winter Snowman.
    • Wildeflower Records.
    • 001.

  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Human

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • James Blunt

    Wisemen

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Father Brian D鈥橝rcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

I was once asked to give a talk to a class who were taking a course on The Theology of Story-telling. I hesitated because I wasn鈥檛 sure what The Theology of Story-telling meant. They gave me a book to read. I didn鈥檛 get past the first chapter when I discovered the following gem. 鈥淎ll stories are true, some of them actually happened.鈥� (John Shea) It鈥檚 true. The moral within the story is often more important than cold facts can ever be.

My childhood Christmases were made memorable by the neighbours who came to visit us in our little country house, and shared stories from times past. Through those stories I learned the history of our neighbourhood. It gave me a sense of belonging. We live under the illusion that we shape our stories; in fact our stories shape us. I believe that every story you tell is in some way the story of your own journey.

The purpose of a story is not to tell you what to think but to reveal to you the right questions to reflect upon.

Stories are at the heart of the bible. Through them I believe we learn how precious we are, and how privileged we are that God鈥檚 Son came to live among us as helpless little baby. We get to know a God in nappies long before we experience a powerful God or a mighty Saviour. That鈥檚 the whole point of the nativity plays so popular at this time of year.

The spiritual guru Father Anthony De Mello said 鈥淎 lost coin is found by means of a candle; the deepest truth is found by means of a simple story.鈥�

I spend much of my life listening to peoples鈥� stories of tragedy, failure and hurt. I鈥檓 always amazed that simply telling ones story, in itself brings healing; it seems there is no greater burden than an untold story. That鈥檚 why I think we owe it to each other to tell our stories.

In these rushed days perhaps you could make time to recall the stories from your childhood; they made Christmas magical. And if you haven鈥檛 the spirit of Christmas in your heart, you won鈥檛 find it under a tree.

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