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      <title><![CDATA[Radio Three brings spiritual insight ...]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham reflects on the variety of the Radio Three playlist - using some astonishing metaphors - to make a point about the way we listen to Jesus.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Easter hope!]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham offers powerful illustrations of Easter hope - from a Papal preacher to the menu of the "Fat Duck" restaurant in Bray!]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=220&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recognising our need for God's help.]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham offers the thought that it may be a good thing if we have failed in our Lenten penance once or twice in the last few weeks ...]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=211&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New beginnings in Lent]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham reflects on Lent as a time when we make new and beautiful beginnings in our lives.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=206&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We are not monsters]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham goes to see Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" at the National Theatre, and this prompts him to reflect on what it means for God to be at the heart of our creation.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=198&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pilgrimage to the Holy Land]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham is about to fly to the Holy Land, visiting it for the first time. His anticipation builds as he reflects on being physically present in the places where Jesus lived and prayed.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=181&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The scrutiny faced by priests]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham reflects on the renewed scrutiny that priests face, and how we respond with prayer, enthusiasm and love.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=141&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grace builds on nature]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham reflects on the challenges and blessings of leaving things until the last minute ...]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=132&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mothering Sunday]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham is caught in a rush on Mothering Sunday - his blog, sent in the midst of the day, reflects on motherhood and vocation.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=104&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A hospital for sinners - reflections on a church that does not simply move with the times]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham is inspired by the Spectator debate, causing him to reflect on some of the most humbling and enduring aspects of Catholic faith and tradition]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=95&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Turn off the voices]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham encourages us to tune out from distracting voices in Lent, and tune in to the voice of God ...]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=83&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Holiday rush ...]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham blogs from the seat of a plane as he is about to take off on holiday ...]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=71&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Balancing the Sacred and the Temporal]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham is challenged by a blog reader over an aspect of his last blog, and this causes him to reflect on the balance of the sacred and the temporal - in liturgy and in the Priesthood]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=46&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Re-discovering a sense of vocation]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[With reference to Cardinal Newman and James T Kirk, Fr Graham reflects on our sense of vocation ...]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=40&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA["Lending our flesh" - Reflections on Priesthood]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham is invited to preach at a friend's 25th Anniversary of Ordination. Researching his homily, he takes inspiration from Pope Benedict.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=21&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Multi-tasking: an essential dimension!]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Fr Graham Smith]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fr Graham reflects on the need to multi-task in the day to day ministry of the Parish Priest, modelled on Christ in the Gospel.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://brentwoodvocations.org/vocations-blog/BlogPost.aspx?ID=4&ref=rss]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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