English Martyrs, 4th May 2022 We are not too sure these days what to make of this memorial to the English martyrs – not too sure what it is to be English any more – or to be a martyr. Surely we’ve moved away from such reflective and emotive terminology. …
The English Martyrs, 4th May 2021 It’s no accident, perhaps, that today has been chosen to commemorate both the martyrs who gave their lives in penal times in England, the first on this date in 1535, and those very many victims of abuse, sexual and otherwise, by priests and religious, …
Martha, Mary and Lazarus, 29th July 2020 Lord, the man you love is ill –this said as if Jesus does not love others, or others so much. And we could say this of the whole family of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, singled out, it seems for Jesus’ special love. But …
