Cecil fingered the Agnus Dei round her neck. “Why shouldn’t they have lucky things?” she said. “Well, it’s all very complicated,” Dominic said. “And perhaps I’m not the one to explain it.” “Why not?” Cecil...

The Mass is a mystery,” said Lady Mary slowly. “That means that the more you look into it the more you can find in it, and what you find in it is always love, the...

Then a movement began among the people. They creaked to their feet, shuffled and fumbled up to the front, kneeling on the floor, and she saw little Thomas at the beginning of the row. The...

That’s not a lucky thing, Cecil,” said Teresa, “it’s a sacred thing.” “What’s the difference?” Cecil asked. Teresa smiled. “Roughly this,” she said. “A thing is magic if you get what you want through it;...