Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. One of the high points of my recent walk in south Wales was arriving… [Continue Reading]
Reflections from a Welsh Valley
The Cross in my Pocket
Concluding my 2022 pilgrimage to Walsingham and Bury St Edmunds, I was able to visit a small exhibition at St Edmundsbury Cathedral which had been put in place as part of the celebrations of the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the church by King Canute in 1020. (The two-year delay was the result of… [Continue Reading]
A Queen’s Chaplain
Walking on pilgrimage in the midlands of England in 2019, I experienced considerable difficulty as I made my way on the border of the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire; approaching the historic village of Tong, my route was affected by some flooding. Even though the weather the previous few days had seemed quite good, a… [Continue Reading]