Dives & Lazarus When I left university, just turned 22, I got a teaching job in Italy. It was poorly paid – I earned the equivalent of £53 a month, and of that £21 went in rent. That left me a little less than £8 a week to live on. And I was running a […]
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Fr Crispin’s Sermon, 11 September 2022
TRINITY 13 Jer 4.11-12, 22-28 1 Tim 1.12-17 Lk 15,1-10 During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth she was presented with a Bible by the moderator of the Church of Scotland. At many of the Christmas Day messages the Queen has said the life and teaching of Jesus is the foundation of her life. We pray […]
Her Majesty the Queen, 1926 – 2022
Mirfield CR Libraries Open Day
Monday 3 October, 1.30pm – 4.30pm The Mirfield Libraries are housed in magnificent buildings overlooking peaceful grounds. The collection comprises over 60,000 volumes in the Community Library and over 20,000 in the College Library. On our open day there will be a tour of the library rooms, a peek at the special collections, chat with […]
Fr Nicolas’ Sermon, 21 August 2022
Luke 13: 10-17 Healing “…the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.” I can imagine it, or I can imagine it in an African context. We can imagine the woman crying out with joy when she found she could stand up straight; maybe dancing a few steps. We can […]
CR News – Week Ending 12 August
This week has seen the simple profession of our novice Charlie who was clothed on St James’s Day 2020. Such occasions do not fall frequently, certainly not as frequently as one might like, but they are good occasions when they do, seeing celebrated not only the public commitment to God and to the Community of […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 14 August 2022
“I came to bring fire to the earth.” This is unlikely to be the good news from Jesus we most want to hear this morning. Fire destroys. And our first thoughts easily turn to our vulnerability. One piece of news this week has been that a house-end mural in London depicting the fires of Armageddon […]
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 […]
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 […]
CR Welcomes Br Jude
The Community was delighted to welcome Br Jude, who was received as a novice on Tuesday 5th July 2022, at the Solemn Evensong for the Feast of Dedication of the Church of Resurrection. Very many congratulations and welcome, Br Jude! Vere surrexit, alleluia!