It is time to say HELLO!

It is time to say HELLO!

It is interesting how unusual or exceptional circumstances can make one acutely aware of things previously taken for granted. The Covid pandemic made us all much more aware of the importance of relationships, or, as we now refer to them, social connections. The...
Remembering Aleksei Navalny

Remembering Aleksei Navalny

1st March 2024. Remember this day. The funeral of Aleksei Navalny in southeast Moscow. I spent some time looking at the BBC coverage of events surrounding the service in the Church of the Icon of Our Lady Quench My Sorrow, and then his burial in Borisovskoye...
Our First Love

Our First Love

The gospel injunction to “love our enemies” and “pray for those who persecute us” sits uneasily with modern sensibilities. In politics, such a modus operandi is perceived as weakness and may signal doom at the next election. Even in the Church, the words of our Lord...
Treating All With Special Honour

Treating All With Special Honour

I am right handed. I use my right hand to write, occasionally to play tennis, golf or cricket, but most especially to drink coffee. Until recently, I assumed I only used my left hand to lean on. Then on 1st May, I had a stroke. Thankfully, I can talk, walk, see and...