Pause for Prayer

Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.
And he raised his head and looked upon the people,
and there fell a stillness upon them.
And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions [...]

‘The child who is decked with prince’s robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step. In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust he keeps himself from the world, and is afraid even to move.
Mother, it is no [...]

All we can do is to pray, pray, pray for Zimbabwe as they go to the ‘elections’ tomorrow. We hear that people are being pressurised to attend rallies and are to be ‘frogmarched’ to the polling stations. Some of the priests are offering Mass at the risk of their lives.Perhaps John Bradburne, the ‘vagabond of [...]

It just so happened that the story below was e-mailed to me by a friend just a few hours before I heard of the death yesterday of an elderly Sister in my Congregation.
Sister Leo was loved by all. When I first came to know her, she looked after the refectory in our Motherhouse, an important [...]

Cry, my beloved country. How many Zimbabweans must be thinking just such thoughts at this present time?
Zimbabwe certainly was a beautiful country and probably still is, if its loveliness can be seen through the veil of tears shed by its own sons and daughters.
I look back in time and visualise the vast expanse of [...]