Art of the Month – April

A couple of months ago we looked at a Carthusian monk at prayer.  This month, by contrast, we have before us George Henry Boughton’s,”Woman Kneeling at Prayer.”  As a child, I remember

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WEDNESDAY REFLECTION

Mid-week Reflection 31st  March 2021 Today is Wednesday in Holy Week. Many years ago, I don’t know how many, an elderly man, a widower, asked me to call on him.  He was

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WEDNESDAY REFLECTION

Mid-week Reflection 24th March 2021  Nebuchadnezzar, or Nabucodonosor!  A great name that…but, sadly, not a great person.  Verdi called him Nabucco.  It was the opera that put Verdi on the map.  The

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WEDNESDAY REFLECTION

Mid-week Reflection 17th March 2021  How can I not speak about Saint Patrick whose feast day is today?  After escape from kidnapping and a return to Ireland, there he remained for the

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