Donald Trump praised Peter Mandelson’s “beautiful accent” in May and had him in the Oval Office only last week.

But today he denied all knowledge of Britain’s former ambassador to Washington.

For he says, ‘In a favourable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, now is the favourable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

1 God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man

‘All that the Father has is mine; the Spirit will take what is mine and declare it to you.’

As we prepaid to celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord tomorrow, let us open our hearts in the Catholic Church to the need for a recommitment to our own baptismal vocation, and away from the danger of corporatism.
Let us communicate the Joy & Hope of the Gospel.