Jan 2. Louise and family came for lunch. Delicious beef and pavlova. We had champagne. Played Cranium and sang Angels' carol. Delightful! Quizzes on TV, sweets we used to eat. Jan 3 woke at 4 and then 8.45 so no swim. Lovely day, frosty. Petroc on Radio 3 in Budapest. Took 3 parcels for return to corner shop. An organ for the Sultan BBC Sounds interesting. Quizes on TV. Jan 4 Saturday lovely walk on Holy Island with Richard and Augustine from the Melanesian brotherhood. SJ delightful playing by Jay Bevan and Stephen Dickinson Saint-Saens, Martinu and Brahms. Nice chat to Jan. Henry came and he did a canvas and baking. Dropped him back early as there was a match against Chelsea so we were very early at church. Tea at Grace's. Mark played 3 Epiphnay hymns and Fr Andrew sang a bit in the sermon! Liam student from Richmond and Vallodalid. New Year Bakeoff and Hannukah cooking. Finished Bookshop ladies by Faith Hogan - loved it! Epiphany snow washed away overnight by rain. ...
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I had sent you a book reference re Cardinal Walter Kasper - 'Spiritual Ecumenism' (2007) New City Press NYC, USA. Also see the 'Directory for the Application of Principles & Norms on Ecumenism' (1993)Pontificum Consilium ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam, Vatican City, which lays out what RCs must and must not do when talking to people in other faiths or ecclesial communities. Nothing about the work of the Holy Spirit! It's as if the Reformation was nothing and had never taken place. The new 'splits' in the Anglican Communion is the current Reformation taking place. I don't think ecumenism will be with the RCs in the future as the RC Church seems to be saying 'be nice to others of good will in ecclesial communities but don't allow full communion as we are the one and only Church and everyone must re-join us. All others are heretics.'
Graham