Remaining with grace and peace
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
As we continue with the holiday season, our hopes and prayers are that we may all benefit from this time. There are real signs that the worst of the pandemic has passed, but there will continue to be different variants and outbreaks.
So to remain cautious and careful is important, but to be positive and to be looking forward to a more normal and beneficial lifestyle is important.
Returning from a long stay in Ireland, lots of rain and some opportunities to catch up with, and benefit from meeting with family and friends with the future more hopeful and at ease. I attended a second funeral of priests who were truly inspirational when they were teaching us in the seminary. I always look back to a time of great hope, so their funeral brought great sadness. So many seminaries closed and hopes not realised. This time the priest Fr Denis Talbot got a good send off, acknowledging his life of service.