A peaceful interlude
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Last year a very kind reader of this blog (whom I have never met) arranged for mass to be said for the soul of Mrs Paine at an Abbey in Provence. She was a French teacher by profession and a lover of that country. Provence was where we most liked to holiday in later life, so it was very appropriate and I was very touched by such a generous gesture. Yesterday, Navigator and I visited the Abbey. It is a beautiful, peaceful, modern place, only founded about the time that Mrs Paine and I first met. Once again, in my atheism, I found myself envying the faithful.
Time can change much, Tom.
Posted by: james higham | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 at 07:21 PM
Praise the lord.
Posted by: Captian Ranty | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 at 02:25 PM
Old friend, that was very nice. There is an astonishing degree of order in the Universe, and I as a scientist am pleased to think that God has seen fit to let us into His mind, just a little, so we can see it too - and maybe a bit more, and more, and more, as time flows. If He is right, then Mrs Paine has merely been borrowed from you, by Him, for just a little time, a few seconds in God's eyes. Perhaps He just wants to say stuff to her, to do with herself as a human being, which you'll find out later when she tells you. He'll do that to you too when you arrive.
Posted by: David Davis | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 at 12:58 PM