On Tuesday (29 September), the Western church celebrates the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Because of its convenient placement near the autumn equinox, the feast day has given its name to the academic and legal term that starts every autumn (‘Michaelmas term’).  As the drawing by Albrecht Durer drastically shows, the central story […]

I am finding it very difficult to pray. I forget, I fall asleep while doing it, I wake up in the night and start to pray about fictional people and situations I have dreamt about, as if they were real. It does not feel good. My spiritual director pointed out I am in a period […]

(Monday this week) The cross on which our Lord was crucified has become the universal symbol for Christianity, replacing the fish symbol of the early church, though the latter has been revived in recent times.  After the end of the persecution era, early in the fourth century, pilgrims began to travel to Jerusalem to visit […]

As many of us return to work or school and catch-up with friends, this is a frequent enquiry.  Whether you had a ‘staycation’ at home, a trip to the country or a holiday abroad, I guess that many of us can look back on the summer with fond memories.  Of course, with the arrival of […]

At the end of our summer holiday season, some of us will look back on lengthy shared car or train journeys during which the time was passed talking about our favourite music tracks and, thanks to streaming platforms such as Spotify, listen to them together.  I was reminded of the song called ‘Anthem’ by Leonard […]