Today is the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice takes place at 5.11 pm today.
Please have your gongs, whistles and drums at the ready for the moment.
Photo credit – Andreas Krappweis
One response to “Sermon for St Francis 4 October 2009”
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I like the idea of getting on and building not pining (bad pun) for a past (rose-tinted) state.
You’ve also called to mind something my school chaplain once said – one might be called to be a fool for Christ – but never an idiot.
And I wonder if Francis might have been more memorable if he took a sponge with him?
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