Lent Sunday 1C, 6th March, 2022 Wilderness takes many forms. An autistic child finds peace in nature because it is as it is, with no judgements being made on the child by nature itself. Wilderness is the place that lovers go to to find solace in each other, again with …
Ash Wednesday Something of the immediacy of Paul’s conversion to Christ is being called for today. He thought he was serving the Lord but, like the hypocrites in the gospel passage, his exterior actions were misplaced, untrue, not according to God’s will. It happens to us all the time. We …
Sunday 8C, 27th February 2022 And now let us ask the Lord a question with the prophet and say to him: Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tent? Who shall dwell on thy holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth from his heart; …
See of the Apostle Peter, 22nd February 2022 We’ve had a mixed bag of Popes over the years, parishes have had a mixed bag of priests and bishops over the years and monastic communities can say the same of their superiors, too – it’s the way of human nature. But …
Sunday 7C, 20th February 2022 David has Saul in his power; has the power to take his life – but does not use it. Mercy then as the willingness to abjure power – to be poor in the exercise of power in order to be rich in mercy; to continue …
Sunday 6C, 13th February 2022 All words limp, can be misunderstood – deliberately or otherwise – and of course even more so in translation. Macarios as ‘Blessed’ or ‘Happy’ can start us off in quite different directions. God confirming the poor in their poverty, for example, enjoy it it’s good …
Saint Scholastica, 10th February 2022 Perhaps Benedict has become too proud. Fallen in love, perhaps, with the routine and smooth running of his monastery, with the rules he himself has gradually formulated, after many years experience of the trials of monastic living. Perhaps he’s spent too little time with women, …
Sunday 5C, 6th February 2022 We touched last week on how fear interferes with navigation, with maintaining a straight path – which is why we tend to go in circles when we panic, or think we are lost. Fear prevents memory from reminding us of where we are or better …
Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, 2nd February 2022 What is so striking in today’s gospel passage is the readiness of both Simeon and Anna to receive; a readiness brought about by long years of waiting on the Lord, of making themselves present to this possibility; that is, of …
Sunday 4C, 30th January 2022 In this second part of the gospel passage which we heard the beginning of last week Jesus goes straight to the point: Israel is not here for its own sake but for the sake of all – it’s why Israel today can never escape public …
