The Bible tells us that ‘God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ (John 3:16, KJV). This verse reveals the depth of God’s love for us and the incredible sacrifice that he made to save us. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth as a baby, born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life so that he could take our place on the cross and pay the penalty for our sins [ … ]

Technically accomplished, stylistically brilliant, Tomàs’s ‘Gospel’ is at once a tale of hope in the discovery of love in Jesus – of hope in redemption, forgiving, forgetting, and denial – and it is a journey through those troubled, complex regions of the disappearing centre of Catholic faith [ … ]

My name is Tomàs. Tom, inevitably. Once, briefly, Tomek, my Tomek… Years and years. Now, in this more distant room, half a life away, I sit so taut – my [ … ]

Friday, Lent 2. The skein cracks again in ‘Intellectual Development’. After this, I expect to be summoned to The Rector’s office to be expelled. Tomàs, with the best will in [ … ]

Plaza Mayor is tumbleweed. All Spain, hung from the Pyrenees, lapped by the Bay of Biscay, dipping its tongue south, impossible miles away. Representations of God on the Cross formed [ … ]

Once upon a time… There was a young man called Tomàs. Then, once another time, a middle-aged man called Tomàs signed-up to the Catholic Church. But the story begins a [ … ]