Pause for Prayer

It’s happened without making any fuss and bother.  In spite of the oppressive heat, autumn is starting to approach, taking the place of summer.  Within the last few days, for, surely, it could not have been any longer, leaves that have been gradually drying and changing colour have begun to fall. 
This morning, for the first [...]

Every so often in life, one makes an amazing discovery.  That has just happened. 
Approximately 30 years ago, I attended a parish garden party in a friary in the south of England.  It was a hot June afternoon on which I was actually quite glad to be missing the Wimbledon Final. 
In the course of the [...]

Several days ago, a little 11 year-old boy by the name of Rhys Jones was murdered, probably by a child as young as 13-15. Rhys was shot as he played football with his friends. 
My heart goes out to the Jones family in their terrible tragedy. Their lives are shattered and can never again be the [...]

It is inconvenient to be rich and famous! 

For a start, there are problems with trying to slip out of a building unnoticed.  Somehow the media knows the plans even before they are conceived and just happen to arrive at the wrong moment… just as the moment of departure dawns.  It’s not easy to turn [...]

Rome closes down for the summer, making repairs almost impossible.  Even the Internet is at a virtual standstill, but there is little hope of a change before September 1st.  Why? Because everybody is ‘in vacanze’, (on holiday) of course.  That means that those who are at work find themselves spending an inordinate amount of time [...]