The title of this issue is taken from an article by Teresa White fcJ, who passed away at the end of 2025, and to whom it is dedicated. All who met her sensed within her a spirit of great erudition and wisdom. Over a fifteen year period, she contributed numerous articles to this journal, especially on the topics of literature, religious life and spirituality. In the article quoted—and reprinted—here she reflects upon the experience of the former atheist Madeleine Delbrêl (1904–1964), who converted to Catholicism and embarked on a life with God through reading, reflection and prayer. Delbrêl began to seek out a simple life in communion with the poor. Rather than becoming demoralised by the bleakness of poverty, she was filled with the Spirit and, according to White, ‘found meaning in the ordinariness and untidiness of the human journey’—a journey we share with human beings throughout history, and in which we can discover glimpses of heaven even in the humbleness of our daily lives. Delbrêl wrote: ‘We are destined for the eternal love of God. But we can only come to this love in our human life, in the time that belongs to us and others, in the world here and now.’ The articles in this issue explore and reflect upon our human journey through this world and this present time.
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