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My dear sisters and brothers in Christ. Recently, after a confirmation, I meet a lady who loved doing jigsaw puzzles. She proudly called herself a “dissectologist”; that is one for the quiz-night. I asked her what was the largest one she had completed: 5,000 pieces. The average size is 1,000!
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Grace and peace, I hope this note finds you well. I write with deep concern for the people of Nepal following the devastating flash floods that have struck the Rasuwa District and surrounding areas, including Communities along the Bhote Koshi River.
Recently I came across the following quote: “The novelist and moral philosopher Iris Murdoch, in her work on moral philosophy The Sovereignty of Good, writes, ‘Prayer is properly not petition, but simply an attention to God which is a form of love’.”
I was at a confirmation recently and someone asked “Why are people so angry these days?" It was the kind of question that stops you. Not because it is unanswerable, but because it is so honest and because the person asking it clearly already knew that something had shifted.
My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, each year, one of the interesting tasks that befalls to the organising committee of the Marian Procession is to find an image of the Blessed Virgin. Look at the image that our talented Chancery Office team have created for today, its world-wide debut.
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