...where I was met at the station by the splendid Breff Kelly who with his wife Jill hosts a Catholic Reading Circle. Tables set out with books to borrow or buy...lots of Ignatius Press, Gracewing Books, CTS, and more...the smell of good coffee, a buzz of talk, a warm welcome. A packed room - not a spare seat anywhere - and it was a joy to give a talk to such an audience. Afterwards, a talkative lunch with Breff and Jill, and a visit to the beautiful local church...
A train back to London through rainy countryside: in the evening, the FAITH meeting at Warwick Street: Speaker, Father Chris Findlay-Wilson, speaking on God as man's natural environment. Excellent talk. Father Chris had travelled from Cornwall - his parish is the farthest west in England - and drew on images from nature, and the birds and plants of Cornwall and how each has its own developed form and needs...
Human beings are part of all creation, but are unique in it,: we alone have spiritual souls. We find our environment in God: birds, fly, fish swim in water, humans pray.
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