I had no time to go to Mass today, but the previous day I had managed to make time to go to the Turner Gallery in the Tate. There, amongst the colours and abstract light, particularly of the sea, I found myself more inspired than I have been by any speech or comment I have heard recently. The paintings managed to penetrate the soul. Again the words of Isaiah are particularly apt.

I will make you the light of nations. So that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. (Isaiah 49:1-6)