The @urbandictionary says "Lilac sky" = "A moment of pure completion. A moment of complete satisfaction... when you feel as though the world is at rest." May your Christmas be a "lilac sky" day, despite the worries fears of today's world. May the Christ child bring you peace.

This is possibly the saddest thing I've seen in a long time..an immigrant nurse talking about fleeing her home..she saved her UNIFORM. So she could still WORK for our communities. I'd fill this country with a thousand of this woman than one of those good for nothing thugs. God help this poor woman.

Went for a lovely 11 mile hike with Frère Henri a couple of days ago, going out the front door of our community house and setting off on a loop through the hills surrounding our small town of Châteaulin.

A few photos from the recent English Music Festival, held for the first time at Dartington Hall. Including a programme called “Ursula and Ralph”, in which songs by Vaughan Williams (and a few by other composers with words by Ursula) were loosely woven into a biographical dialogue

Antonio Banderas, representing the world of culture, was on cloud nine to chat with Pope Leo after his speech. To the applause of the packed giant sports and event arena in Madrid, Banderas affirmed: „The relationship between the Catholic Church and art has not only been fruitful: it has been decisive.” „We are not afraid to say that the Church has been the greatest producer of art in the history of humanity.” „At the heart of this creative impulse is the one who transcends centuries, styles, and cultures, and who has certainly been the most represented figure in the history of art: Jesus Christ,” Banderas said tonight. In a meeting that seeks to answer what does it mean to the world today to „Lift up your eyes” - the theme of the trip to Spain, Banderas said that „Art must be an alternative to all forms of violence.” „Just as Christ himself did, the artist must act with courage and not abandon being a critical voice to society, to art itself, and to religion itself.” Video: Vatican Media

Antonio Banderas tells Pope Leo that the Catholic Church has been the greatest producer of art in the history of humanity.

Hey lazy people: the Vatican made infographics for you

Lavender fields in Provence.

PONDER The desert is the empty human heart crying our for meaning, love and God and we are all pilgrims. I also heard that the low moaning of the wilderness wind is the desert wishing it was a meadow. Carl Jung wrote, 'The central neurosis of our times is emptiness.' Sahara

Peace, Perfect Peace.... youtube.com/watch?v=ra49cdyY…

MORNING PRAYER: Lord of Life, may today bring… paths to discover, possibilities to choose, people to encounter, peace to possess, promises to fulfil, pardon to accept and a Presence to proclaim. Jer 6:16

Happy Pentecost everyone! 🔥 🙏

FAITH: We trust that beyond absence there is a presence. That beyond pain there can be healing. That beyond brokenness there can be wholeness. That beyond anger there may be peace. That beyond hurting there may be forgiveness. That beyond silence there may be the Word.

And magically nobody is talking about them anymore. Ted Lieu on camera: "The Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped children." A sitting congressman said this on the record.

A French aid worker: “We found a mass grave in Gaza containing 300 bodies. Small children were killed with their hands tied behind their backs"

This is so beautiful on so many levels. Colbert has said he can’t listen to “Band on the Run” because that song was popular the year his father and brothers were killed in a plane crash. Now, here he is with Sir Paul, closing out his show with his beautiful family.

A councillor in the Irish city of Cork has called for a statue to be built of the mosquito which bit Oliver Cromwell, causing his eventual death from malaria.

French Nat. Cycling Champs for clergy/religious 2026. Thank you to our organising committee, the local host cycling club at Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) the French Cycling Federation rep. It's such a joyful event combining sporting passion, faith fraternity. 🙏💚🚴‍♂️

Standing ovation for this line from King Charles: The U.S. Supreme court historical society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 supreme court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances.