We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.

He was elected provincial of England in 1988 then Master of the Dominican Order in 1992. Starting in 2002 he became again a simple member of the Dominican community of Oxford. The subtlety of his thinking together with the simplicity and depth of his language and his strong sense of humor made him a force to be reckoned with in the Catholic Church.