...after a longish gap. Things have been busy.
With lockdown easing, it has been possible to get to London to help out with serving breakfasts at St Patrick's Soho, to the homeless who gather there...and to Trafalgar Square to offer teas and coffees. Good to reconnect with old friends among the teamworkers at both venues. The group at Trafalgar Square is organised from Westminster Cathedral and includes people from Farm Street. The leader is the chairman of the St Vincent de Paul group at the Cathedral - and was also the voice you may have heard when Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrated Mass, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 recently. The Mass, of course, was without a congregation, but had a reader, the only person present apart from the Cardinal and altar server...it must have been a strange experience.
The Cathedral is now open for prayer: a joy and a great reassurance. In these weird and uncomfortable times, the unchanging stability of this London landmark somehow carries something of the solidity of the late Victorian era in which it was built.
During lockdown, I have written one book, and begun work on another. I've completed a piece of embroidery and launched a new one (cross-stitch kneelers for the chapel of the wonderful Community of Our Lady of Walsingham).
I've been reading Dietrich von Hildebrand and was thrilled to listen to this excellent sermon
And, looking ahead, I will be getting this book as a must-read
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment