This Sunday marks the eighth anniversary of the death of the late Cardinal Basil Hume. When I applied to the Diocese of Westminster in 1987 to be considered for training for the Priesthood, Cardinal Hume advised me to "go off and learn about the world you seem so anxious to preach to". He added "If you must come back; leave it for at least five years; no hurry!".
I considered Basil to be a saintly man and I observe the beginnings of a cult at his tomb in Westminster Cathedral - candles, flowers and petitions. Perhaps one day a future Archbishop of Westminster might be petitioned to initiate a Cause for sainthood?
"Always see the Gospel like a personal love letter from the Lord to yourself ". Cardinal Hume.
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That man 'loved' Our Lord so much he habitually turned Jews away from the foot of the Cross and pointed them back to the empty synagogue. If that man's a saint then I'm a cucumber.
Mike Hennessy
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