PENTECOST 2023 Imagine a quiz programme where the participants are asked, who was Jesus? People would have no difficulty in having something to say. However, if you ask them who the Holy Spirit is, they would no doubt be nonplussed. Jesus is easy to relate to, but in general we don’t talk much about the […]
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Fr Nicolas’ sermon, 31 July 2022
THE RICH FARMER. Luke 12: 13 – 21 My first reading of the story we have just heard made me feel rather smug. Here is a character it is easy to dislike – a rich, self-indulgent farmer. He has had fantastic crops. This is probably because he owns a lot of slaves, who have to […]
The College of the Resurrection are Recruiting!
College Bursar The post-holder will deliver all financial services to the College. S/he will work closely with the Principal, but will have significant responsibility in areas where s/he will be expected to work with minimal supervision. The Bursar will have a key role in the smooth running of the College and its relations with the […]
Book Review – Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin and the World it Created.
By Nicholas Ostler Latin is a language dead as dead could be;first it killed the Romans and now it’s killing me. So we used to chant as schoolboys, though actually I loved Latin even then. What people do not realise is that Latin was not confined to the Ancient Romans but remained, in many different […]
Book Review – Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
By Jonathan Sacks Jonathan Sacks is the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and a well-known writer and speaker. In this fascinating book he deals with a problem which has arisen in the Western world over the past century, but especially since the Sixties: is there a moral law we can all sign up to? […]
Book Review – Austin Farrer: Oxford Warden, Scholar, Preacher
Edited by Professor Marcus Bockmuehl and Bishop Stephen Platten with Nevsky Everett I am currently reading with much enjoyment a book, recently acquired by our library, Austin Farrer: Oxford Warden,Scholar, Preacher, edited by Professor Marcus Bockmuehl and Bishop Stephen Platten with Nevsky Everett. SCM Press 2020. I was privileged to be tutored by Farrer for […]
Book Review – Saint Augustine on the Resurrection of Christ: Teaching, Rhetoric, and Reception
By Gerald O’Collins, SJ This is a curious little book, and that for at least two, somewhat contradictory, reasons. St Augustine of Hippo is such a towering figure in the history of Christianity, about whom such a wealth of material has been written, that it would be easy to mistake this slender volume for one […]
Book Review – How to Read a Latin Poem: If you Can’t Read Latin yet.
By William Fitzgerald Latin is a beautiful language but very different from English. One really important difference is the case system. The meaning of words in a sentence does not depend on their position but on their case, so words can be positioned anywhere without losing their meaning. This can mean that reading Latin, especially […]
Holy Week Timetable & Booklets
It’s going to be a different Holy Week this year to any that we have ever experienced here at the Community, but you can still join us ….. virtually anyway! Our timetable is now available here, along with access to the booklets for each service. If you are able, please join us via our live […]
Exiting the European Union – Friday 31st January
The Church of the Resurrection will be open for prayer on this day from 6.45 am to 4.30 pm, and also for the daily services: 6.45 am Mattins 12 noon Midday Office 12.15 pm Mass 6.00 pm Evensong 9.15 pm Compline Please join the brothers CR and pray: for growing understanding and reconciliation between […]