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…
Dear All, Already a week of Advent has passed – Lent usually drags a bit on me but Advent – never! It always seems to spin by hardly allowing time for real reflection on all the richness. I hope that you are finding it rich & renewing. I came across a prayer this week adapted…
Dear All, Well, Advent is here again & what a year it has been. This time last year we were looking forward to something approaching a ‘normal’ Christmas, & then back came a ‘lock-down’ not many days before the celebrations. What will this year bring? We can’t be sure, yet whatever does happen to our…
Dear All, Tomorrow is the Feast of Christ the King. Our reflections look at what Christ’s Kingdom is – where it is, whether it is something for the future or something in the here & now. We are moving towards the end of the Church’s year & next week we will be into Advent. We…
The Community welcome all to join them for Advent reflections and prayer – details as follows: Advent Meditative Reflections Sundays on zoom at 5.30pm for 30 – 45 mins November 28th Learning to Wait December 5th Seeking the Light December 12th Finding Joy December 19th Preparing for the Coming of the Christchild ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88333391691?pwd=SjhrYnFBUEZndVVIMTRRTEJqRVduQT09…
The three little children in the picture above had malnutrition and were cared for at one of the sisters’ Nutrition Centres in Africa. They have now all got better, due to the intervention of the sisters. The sisters say this is because of the support they get from people who give so generously, for example…
Dear All, I have heard several people say that they find November a particularly long & hard month – it isn’t difficult to understand that. In the northern hemisphere it is downhill all the way into winter & the dark & the cold. And in this particular week we are especially mindful of loss &…
Dear All, You will, I’m sure, be aware that at this time, (31 October – 12 November), COP 26 is taking place in Glasgow. Our reflections today are around that theme – Climate Change. One of them is a bit different from our usual ones, in that it makes some statements & asks some questions. …