Dear All, During the week we celebrated the Feast of the Presentation, also known as Candlemas. We meet Simeon & Anna, two elderly people, & hear the Nunc Dimittis or Song of Simeon: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which…
Dear All, Here we are – nearly at the end of January. Spring is on the far horizon! So today it seems that nature/creation/environment etc might be fitting. We hope you will enjoy the reflections & that you will be reminded of beauty – beauty in every season of the year – but also that…
Dear All, This week we are encouraged to pray for unity among all Christians. Each year the services for Unity Week are prepared by Christians in different countries. This year it is the turn of Christians in the Middle East. This is poignant with our awareness of so much conflict in several of the Middle…
Dear All, Today we are sending you some different reflections on prayer. Inevitably they are very different, one from another, since there are countless different ways to pray. You will have your own way but maybe one of these will complement what you are already doing – If not, just enjoy the blessing: ‘A…
Dear All, With the feast of the Epiphany celebrated & with the Baptism this weekend, we are emerging from the Christmas season & faced with some weeks of winter. That is the theme of today’s reflections: Winter. Unintentionally we seem to have drawn quite heavily from Joyce Rupp, a prolific writer, an American Servite sister.…
Dear All, A very happy New Year to you! We hope you have had a good week & feel positive about the new year beginning. We have found a couple of reflections that may be interesting for you as you step out into 2022. Our blessing today is ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ from The Song &…
Dear All, Wishing you a very joy-filled Christmas & hoping it will be a good day for you. We have just a little in the way of reflections today knowing that it isn’t a day that needs a lot of words. Our blessing comes with our prayer for you, & also for those you are…
Dear All, The 4th Sunday of Advent: in our Sunday liturgy there is a focus on Mary with the story of her visit to Elizabeth. The joy of last Sunday is found again as the cousins meet – a beautiful story of encounter, of a sharing of joy, of mutuality between the two women, one…
Dear All, Tomorrow is Gaudete Sunday – traditionally a day of rejoicing. The readings given are explicitly very joyful & encouraging. We have included a couple: one of them, though, speaks of the struggle we all have at some stage to be joyful, hopeful people. Gaudete Sunday some years may match our feelings – other…
On 8th February at 6.45 – 8pm (on Zoom), we were delighted to welcome representatives from four organisations whom we had asked to describe their work in the local community – building hope through action. It was inspiring to hear from these organisations and how they are helping the most vulnerable in our local communities.…