Leader: Come, let us turn again to the living God, the God whose love both comforts & refines us. All: Our world is hurt & you will come with healing balm. Our world is sad & you share that sadness. We have come to pray & you will hear us. We…
Outside Eastertide. Leader: God is one & God is three: Creator, Redeemer & Sustainer. All: Let us worship God. Leader: Our God is the God of the New Covenant & says to us, ‘I will be your God’. All: And we will be your people. Let us live as the people of God. We…
The Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales and Scotland have chosen a new Bible translation for use at Mass that translates women out of Scripture. Does this matter, and how do we respond? In a 25 minute talk, Liz Dodd (Home News Editor at the Tablet) guided us through all the issues surrounding the New…
We begin with the hymn. As I kneel before you, as I bow my head in prayer, Take this day, make it yours and fill me with your love. Ave Maria, gratia plena, dominus tecum, benedicta tu All I have I give you, ev’ry dream and wish are yours, Mother of Christ, mother…
Leader: Send out your Holy Spirit & renew the face of the earth. Silence for a few moments. Leader: Come Holy Spirit All: Come among us. Leader: Come Holy Spirit All: Come as the wind to move us. Leader: Come Holy Spirit All: Come as the fire to prove us. Leader:…
Dear All, Here we are at the end of Eastertide – for some it will have passed quickly & for others, very slowly. I find by about the 5th or 6th week I have lost my Easter energy – energy that should last till Pentecost! Looking through resources related to the Spirit, I found a…
As part of our ‘2020 – Our World Reimagined’ series, we were fortunate to be able to welcome Dr Katherine Nutt and Emma Harlow, Clinical Psychologists from The Psychological Therapies Service, Broomfield Hospital to talk on the subject of COVID and Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health. After an introduction by Dr Katherine Nutt, Emma Harlow…
We were delighted to attend Durham University Centre for Catholic Studies two-evening online event in March 2021. The series of talks focussed on the importance of the archives of religious congregations, from the break with Rome to the present day Dr Cormac Begadon and Dr Hannah Thomas were on the panel of speakers and spoke…
As part of our 2021 Lenten Reflection series, the Community and friends reflected on the paintings of Sieger Koder, led by Sister Moira. The recording of our reflection can be found below together with notes from Moira’s introduction. INTRODUCTION REFLECTION
Leader: We pray that in this holiest of weeks, we may come to a new understanding of the events we call to mind each day. We ask that this will lead us to live our lives more in the pattern of that of Jesus. Let us pray in the name of…