Perspectives - Espace spirituel anglophone RCF - page 10

As I’ve mentioned before in this context, one of my favourite hobbies is beekeeping. I love watching and working with these amazing creatures, observing the organisation and industry of the colony and the way that they are perfectly designed for their role in pollination of plants and collection and storage of honey. I also enjoy working with their products – in the past I’ve made mead as well as simple storing of honey, and currently I’m experimenting with making candles from spare beeswax.

They say there's a time and a place for everything, and they're probably right. The office of hours for daily prayer certainly suggests that different stages of the day require appropriate forms of praise, worship and petition. And have you ever noticed one of those silences which seem to spontaneously occur in the middle of ordinary conversation; there was an old phrase for it: - “an angel's passing”, they said.