An Easter Reflection
By Cardinal Vincent Nichols
On Easter Sunday last year, I led a broadcast service of prayer. Looking back, I recall its main themes: the wonderful gift of faith in the face of death and the need for the Holy Spirit in the task of rebuilding our society. I was joined in the prayer and reflection by a distinguished doctor who specialises in palliative care and by a senior civil servant who was planning for a new future. I do not think that any of us thought that in a year’s time these same themes would still be uppermost in our hearts.
