Monday 30th May 2011
Today is the feast of St Joan of Arc.
All this worrying about will it happen or won’t is all rubbish of course, if we all have eternity to deal with.
In church yesterday, young Fr Stephen gave us a print out of some words from St. Basil about the Holy Spirit. It ends with a list, which he says we might like to consider over the next nine days before Ascension Day. It gives what they call the “fruits of the spirit,” and he says we should think which ones we already have and which we’d like to acquire:
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
A bit daunting really. I think I have Kindness, now and then, and honesty, which isn’t mentioned, but little or none of the others!
About Me
- Jane Kelly
- I was a what was once called a "Fleet Street journalist" for twenty exciting years, fifteen of them as a feature writer on the Daily Mail. I left there in 2005 and have since written two books; a biography of actor Colin Farrell published by John Blake and in 2009 I published, Inside, an account of my year teaching literacy and art inside HMP Wormwood Scrubs. That was published by the Social Affairs Unit. I write film reviews for the Salisbury Review Magazine and contribute diary stories to the national papers. My main interest is art, in particular painting. I have taken part in numerous exhibitions as a member of the Stuckist painters. I had a painting hung in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and a painting in the RA Summer Show. Until I was struck by cancer I hoped to make a new career as a portrait painter. I still hold on to that hope!
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