In May we celebrated the joyful coronation of King Charles III when he took the Oath to cause Law and Justice in Mercy. After his Coronation, he was presented with the Jewelled Sword, known as the Sword of Offering or the Sword of State. This...
Let us begin with the First Reading. What an immense gift - the reassurance and consolation it proclaims: God is not like us! In God we find none of our characteristics as fallen women and men: "My thoughts are not your thoughts. My ways are...
Here at the Grotto, we gather at the feet of Mary, our Blessed Mother. We come to her with our troubles and our joys. We salute her - 'Hail Mary!' - as the one who is 'full of grace', who carried within her the Incarnate Word of God,...
When we are young, we have no real concept of being old. Why would we? To be young is to rest securely at the centre of all things. A better way to see things is that the very young are better absorbed in life, living in the 'now' and...
When you need a haircut, going to the hairdresser is the answer. At St Augustine's Priory, the hairdresser comes to you, as long as you are one of their flock of sheep. It was shearing time at this Ealing Catholic independent school for girls...