The monastery is looking beautiful this morning. Clearing the shrubberies and replacing them with flowers has brought so much more light and life into the garden. When time allows, we must post more photos on the gallery pages but Digitalnun is determined to get the new blog working as soon as possible, so doubtless photos will be on the "to do" list for a bit longer. Today's Mass readings focus on the Eucharist, and as listeners to this week's podcast will realise, that is a theme very close to our hearts as we prepare for the commissioning of our tabernacle on Wednesday. Spare a thought, however, for those for whom the beauty of this morning is a painful contrast to their feelings of pain and loss. Over the week-end we were told about several deaths. We hold each one in prayer but it is hard for those who must cope in a society which no longer accepts that death is a part of life.