Dear All, We are coming to the end of Eastertide – we can look back to Easter & wonder whether it has made a difference in our lives. I don’t think it is often a big bang moment for many of us but I like the expression ‘Eastering’ – it implies that this is a…
Dear friends, Next week, on Thursday, we will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension. It marks another extraordinary moment in the Risen Life of Jesus. We have chosen to send you some reflections on this event as well as some excerpts from the New Testament that record it. We have highlighted a few phrases in…
Dear All, This coming week on Tuesday there is a Day of Prayer for all those who have survived sexual abuse so let us pray for them & particularly for those who suffered abuse by people in our churches. The attachments this week once again remind us we are still in Eastertide but also relate…
Dear All, I suppose having so many weeks of Eastertide reminds us that Easter Sunday & the Resurrection are foundational to our faith. By comparison, Lent is long but only six weeks, & Advent, just four. And Eastertide seven! This week two of the reflections are there to remind us of that great event that…
Dear All, Another week of Eastertide & this week I seem to be coming across several pieces that come under the heading of DANCE!! They seem to be very appropriate for post-Easter & for Spring becoming ever more dominant. So we hope you enjoy them. May the Lord bless you, May the Lord protect…
“It is said that for an estimated 9 million U.K. citizens, loneliness is the sad reality of modern life.” “Loneliness is one of the biggest health challenges we face. It has little to do with being physically isolated, but more about a sense of disconnection from the people around us.” “How am I so alone…
“The community we strive to build is one which values each person equally and which is based on the Gospel values of love, inclusivity and outreach to people in need.” Our March meeting centred on the theme of inclusivity in community. We were privileged to hear testimonies from people who have experienced exclusion; being…
Dear All, We hope you have had a good Easter Week: how lucky we are that Easter comes in this season of greenness, growth, colours, new life. Do you know ‘Spring, a Season for Rising’ by Nikos Kazantzakis – ‘I said to the almond tree: Speak to me of God; And the almond tree blossomed.’…
Dear All, In anticipation, a very happy Easter to you all. I hope our efforts to live Lent fully will mean we find immense joy over the weekend. The darkness of the Ukraine situation has intensified these weeks for us all. We must pray that Ukrainians – wherever they now are – will experience something…
PLEASE JOIN US TO REFLECT ON THE THEMES OF HOLY SATURDAY 11.30AM 16th APRIL AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH MELBOURNE AVENUE CM1 2DU Holy Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Melbourne poster