Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written a thoughtful book on Faith Finding a Voice (Bloomsbury). Methodically divided into four parts – God Revealed, Education for Life, Religious Dialogue and the Hope for Humanity and Ministry: Treasure in Earthenware Vessels – he builds a solid and personal case for the truths of the Catholic faith and how we can all respond to them more effectively in our daily lives.
He recalls with affection the memory of his mother teaching him to make a daily sign of the Cross as a very young boy; it gradually “opened a treasure trove of spiritual grace” for him. Both his parents were teachers and Nichols admits that “If I had not been ordained a priest, I would have been a teacher.” One can detect some of this alternative vocation in his clarity of style, his earnestness and his desire to explain and instruct.
