The Adorable Providence

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting up with E for lunch.  We first met many years ago as students.  At that time we were acquaintances and nothing more, though we shared an enthusiasm for the Lord as evangelical (born-again) Christians.  Our paths crossed again some years later after we had graduated, but still as acquaintances.  I had become a Catholic by then.  Years later our paths crossed yet again on one particular day when I happened to be giving a talk and E turned up.  Then more recently E contacted me to say he had been received into the Church.  We have been in quite close touch since and we find we have a very great deal to talk about.  I remarked that I would have loved to develop the friendship long before, but E pointed out that we wouldn’t have been ready, we were different people in different circumstances.  In this he was thoroughly Carmelite.  God’s timing is perfect even though it may feel frustrating to us.  It is ‘the Adorable Providence’ – a lovely expression that one of my mentors in Carmel taught me long ago.        

Intercessions:

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Theresa K, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Marie

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Sophia – blind infant

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Lucia – Overwhelmed by weariness

Mark – brain infection

Michael – youngster with occult influences

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

RIP Connor Calleja (20 yrs old, funeral 25 Feb)