Despite the constant rain outside today, my spirits are soaring. Why? I hear you ask.
Of course Sunday Mass is always enough to raise one's spirits and as always it was good to meet with fellow parishioners for coffee and chat afterwards.
And as Fr Finnegan points out here, nothing can dampen the enthusiasm one feels at the first tentative signs that Spring is on its way. We too have crocuses pushing their way through the last of the Autumn leaves; snowdrops and polyanthus too and lots of daffodils. Our camellia is also laden with buds. Hooray!
But the major reason for my good mood is the news that is spreading on the various websites, blogs and via Twitter of yet more courageous Anglicans who have today announced their resignation from the Church of England and their decision to begin the journey to be received into the Catholic Church via the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
A very warm welcome to Fr Aquilina and Deacon James Bradley from St John the Baptist parish in Sevenoaks and Fr Ed Tomlinson from St Barnabas parish in Tunbridge Wells who together with some of their parishioners will be making the journey into Full Communion with the Catholic Church at Easter.
Add to this the news of the ordination on Friday of another former Anglican, Rev Edwin Barnes to the diaconate for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and it's easy to look on the bright side.
You can find out more about this via the Sevenoaks Ordinariate blog and the Ordinariate Portal
Let's pray for all these courageous men, their families and their parishioners, not forgetting those who feel they are unable to follow suit at this time.
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us.
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