Dear Friends, The end of Lent is just about in sight but it does become more & more intense as we get closer to Holy Week. When reading the relevant parts of the Gospels I can feel that growing intensity. One of the attachments takes us back to earlier in Lent as it focusses again…
Dear Friends, Known as Laetare (Rejoicing) Sunday, Mid-Lent Sunday, this Sunday is seen as a bit of a relaxed moment on our journey through Lent, fasting is put on hold & a bit of feasting is enjoyed. It is also Mothering Sunday & a couple of the attachments are loosely around that theme. Another, ‘Lead…
Dear Friends, Well, we are moving on through Lent apace – I hope you found something we sent last week helpful for your Lenten path. I hope some of you enjoyed ‘Catch me in your Scurrying’! This week there are a couple of reflections on Desert & Wilderness – both very much the context for…
Dear Friends, I wonder how we are all progressing through Lent and whether anything we sent you last week found resonance with you. This week we continue with a few lines from our Lenten Litany and a few other pieces we hope may be helpful. One is very long: ‘Catch me in my Scurrying’ but…
Dear Friends, Here we are starting Lent again. What are our initial thoughts/feelings with a move into Lent? Perhaps very little response – ‘we’ve done this so many times……’; maybe a feeling of challenge – will it be significant for me this year – can I make it significant? Am I fearful of challenge? Or…
Dear Friends, We hope this last week has been a good one for you & that if it has been difficult that you have had the strength and whatever else you have needed to deal with things. On the 11th, tomorrow, it is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. We have both been to…
Dear Friends, February can be a long time coming! January can seem long ….. but with February we begin to see lighter mornings & evenings. And light is today’s theme – inner light and outer light, the oil that enables the lamp to give light, the light that comes as winter begins to loosen its…
Do join us for all or any of the Zooms below: Ash Wednesday A reflective moment to start Lent 14th February – 7.30pm for 20-30 minutes Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87916139002?pwd=NGNmdHdSNDhIT29PSWxnMXVKQUNZQT09 Lent Course – ACT ON POVERTY Mondays in Lent: 7 – 8pm 26th February, 4th March, 11th March, 18th March…
Dear Friends, The last Saturday in January! And the evenings are noticeably lighter, don’t you think? Tomorrow is noted as Racial Justice Day and we are encouraged to work & pray for greater Racial Justice. Our reflections focus on that theme. Racial issues continue to be part of life for so many people. There is,…
Dear Friends, This week we have a seasonal theme – that of winter of course. For some it is a time ‘to get through’ in order to reach spring but for others it has a beauty & meaning that is positive & repays reflection. You will see that we have included two pieces by Joyce…