I’m deeply encouraged by St Teresa of Avila’s advice in her autobiography, Life, that reading a spiritual book is a good substitute for mental prayer if one finds it hard to pray. I find that keeping a dedicated mental prayer time can be both the easiest thing in the world, and the hardest, but I can always pick…
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Flannery O’Connor, and the kind of fault-finding that’s ok (and the kind that isn’t)
One winter school morning many years ago, I approached my group of friends shortly before the bell rang for the start of the day. One of them stared at me in shock. What? Have you looked in the mirror this morning? Yeah. What? Did you do your hair? Yes! Of course! You can’t have!…
Marilyn Rodrigues 