Thought for the Day – 22 May – Meditations with Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839-1900)
MEDITATIONS FOR A MONTH
Fr Richard Clarke was born on 25 January 1839, London, England as a protestant. After studying at Oxford and entering Anglican ministry, he converted to Catholicism and entered the Jesuit Order on 15 July 1871, at Roehampton London. He was Ordained in 1878 and made his Professed on 02 February 1887.
Fr Clarke was a prolific writer with much of his output being small, meditative booklets which assist the faithful to stop and realise that the impossible could become possible.
He has written on all the essential virtues and devotions of our Catholic Faith as we climb this steep and narrow road to sanctity, guiding, inspiring and supporting us on our pilgrimage through the Liturgical year.. Most of his works cover 30 days and the Meditations are generally brief and deeply relevant to life in the world. We will be combining 3 of them here at present. Patience, Humility and for June, the Adorable Heart of Jesus which was re-issued with a Preface and Introduction by our Fr Clarke, using a publication by Fr Joseph de Galliffet (1663-1749).
We begin tomorrow.
AnaStpaul 
I think this will be most interesting. Love, HH
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Bless you Hughie, I hope it will please and inspire us all.
So sorry that I was unable to alert you to my return – things are totally chaotic in terms of the move – too much stuff, too small house
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