Monday of the 5 th week of Easter. The English Martyrs

You will be dragged before governors.
And kings for my sake.
But these martyrs are saviours.
They died too for our sake.

I lay tossing, worrying.
And started to concentrate on Blessed Richard as living.
I was not saying words as in praying.
But I felt him close comforting.

How extraordinarily real.
As if he was just with me.
Not some distant ghost but really real.
Understanding and listening to me.