I believe in ... the Communion of Saints

The names of saints are everywhere. On our towns, schools, hospital, railway stations, underwear, even nervous disorders. But their stories are often forgotten. We talk as if canonised saints were just better, more courageous versions of ourselves, but flick through a dictionary of saints and you will find some fierce and eccentric ways to love God

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This year is the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Here we invite a writer to reflect on articles of the Nicene and Apostles' Creed:

When we were students, my wife Denise and I used to attend Mass at Blackfriars, where we could listen to sermons delivered by some of the most renowned and brilliant Catholic thinkers and speakers. Timothy Radcliffe and Herbert McCabe were on the rota. I'm sure they were all brilliant but the only sermon either of us actually remember was one delivered on the feast of All Saints by a new, young priest.

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