And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, Arundhati Roy’s mother. Someone else had a mother. Yes, it was Jesus! We know so much about Mary. She must get mentioned over a dozen times in the New Tasty mint. And she made some amazing speeches.

https://mega.nz/file/s60ATYza#rdQlkH08HWlzsduxIHYAxYhr8kx9rhF9h_gBKHgHdHY

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, evil. Evil can be attractive, beautiful. It can speak with gentle, soft words that, at first glance, look reasonable, but bearing a message that is entirely false.

I can’t think what brought that to mind.

https://mega.nz/file/pu8E1YwC#fSSFNf7hxM3c92jh5dEad5njefoXHQVkdpV8wlOvt1c

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, it’s getting colder. Which brings me to “shame”.

We, and by “we” I do of course mean “you”, are all very good at shaming other people. What we, and by “we” I do of course mean “you”, have to do is rediscover being ashamed ourselves.

https://mega.nz/file/R7EViT7J#KKWgRioIWto5oMGOrg9apLleot56aHOltIKeanpwD-8

Science tells us that coffee makes us happy.

As any classically educated person will know, Aristotle said happiness was the purpose of life. But he had to do this without coffee.

And as a trained theologian, I can inform you that Aquinas said we could only be happy when we met the Invisible Magic Friend no matter how much coffee we drank.

https://mega.nz/file/U7cECAQT#AEfWp26Z_dqscUV3rNZebz-L6fw2jLq_FzuZBE_vohY

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, friends. Most of us have some.

https://mega.nz/file/5i9n3aBK#GZcxYexDO_C5RwcdarZXtaG4WRE7ll7ykseO-pFZXt0