EXODUS 201-17 I COR I:18-25 JOHN 2:13-22 Finding out who we are is an important task. Start with babies: they want to know they are loved, that their needs are going to be met. Their need for attention, for affection, for food and drink, for protection, and everything else. Boys soon want to be with their dads. By […]
Sermons
Lent II 2018 (Mark 8 31-38)
We have just heard a very tough Jesus upsetting Peter, who is then even more upset being put so firmly in his place. Jesus sets out with a firm and accurate prophesy of what is inevitably going to happen to him, and it is not nice. The followers of Jesus have to “renounce self and […]
Companion’s Letter February 2018
Dear Companions and friends, I hope that you are well and happy. It has been a very busy start to 2018 and I have been involved with many of the Community’s projects. 2017 saw one of the happiest Christmases I can remember. As always the Gospel story was inspiring as we celebrated Christ’s birth at […]
“And the Word became Flesh and dwelled among us. And we have seen his glory, the glory as of a Father’s only-begotten Son, full of grace and truth”.
“And the Word became Flesh and dwelled among us. And we have seen his glory, the glory as of a Father’s only-begotten Son, full of grace and truth”. (John 1:14) I wonder: What did they see? What did they see, the astrologers from the East, when they saw the child and his mother? What […]
Letter from Marc – January 2018
Hello to all our companions and friends. We are almost at the end of January and Friday will be the feast of the Presentation. Where did Christmas go? It certainly seems like a long while since we were in retreat around the fire! That said, I have just been fortunate enough to have five days […]
Epiphany IV Year B
“God our Creator, reveal the knowledge of your glory in the face of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.” The text is from today’s collect: it’s an epiphany prayer: “we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, shine into the hearts of all […]
Mass and Installation of the new Superior, Father Oswin Gartside
“Nathanael asks Jesus, “where did you come to know me?” Jesus answered “I saw you under the fig tree…” (John 1.48) You are all familiar with the work of Mark Cazalet given his striking contribution here in the engravings of the Reconciliation Chapel behind me. Striking would be the word as well for his […]
HR : Baptism of Christ, 7 January 2018
Gen 1.1-5; Acts 19.1-7; Mark 1.4-11 Yesterday, following the star, we went with the three strangers to offer gifts to the Christ child. Today, we stand beside the Jordan as Jesus comes to be baptised by John. And today is a bit like a crime novel: some dramatic things happen and we, the spectators, are […]
Letter from John – December 2017
Dear All, It is quite some time since I have written to the Companions. Life has been very busy lately (so what’s new?). There have been lots of guests and I have given a couple of unexpected addresses. I am now struggling to complete a Retreat for Readers at Walsingham beginning on Monday week. At […]
Letter from Marc – December 2017
Greetings to all our many friends! We are now two weeks into the ‘waiting.’ How is it going for you? Things have been especially protracted for us here, keeping watch alongside our (recently departed) brother Roy CR during his illness and in the final hour of his death. It was dignified and quiet and entirely […]