Please join the brothers on Friday evenings in Lent for live-streaming of the Stations of the Cross via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Mirfieldservices 8.00 pm
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Sermon – Sunday 28th February 2021
Lent 2 Romans 4:13 – end Mark 8:30 – end The order the Scriptures are read at Mass isn’t always helpful. The Epistles in theory are written AFTER the events which are described in the Gospels. Of course we all know that they were written the other way round, the epistles first. So this morning […]
Programme for Lent – Ripon Cathedral
As part of their programme for Lent, Ripon Cathedral has produced a series of short podcasts given by CR brothers. A reflection will be posted each Wednesday on the cathedral You Tube site.Ripon Cathedral – YouTube Fr Oswin did Ash Wednesday’s on ‘The Longing Within’.
Sunday next before Lent
Mark 9.2-9 Jesus said to Peter, James and John, ‘Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.’ Peter had recently acclaimed Jesus as God’s anointed Messiah. James would be the first apostle to witness to Jesus by his martyrdom. John in the Gospel says Jesus is […]
Eucharist – Sunday 7th February 2021
‘The Sacred Bundle‘ – Canon Cathy Rowling (The first 10 seconds is silent)
Fr Eric Simmons CR
Our dear brother Eric died on Tuesday 19 January, after a short illness.Fr Eric was in his 91st year and the 58th year of his profession in the Community, and served as Superior of the Community from 1974 until 1987.The Requiem Mass for Fr Eric was held in Upper Church on Thursday 4 February and […]
New You Tube series
Fr Nicolas is continuing to add new videos to his YouTube series. This week Fr Nicolas talks on ‘The Promise of Eternal Life’, and previously added a video discussing, ‘Distractions in prayer’. Fr Charlie nCR has also contributed to the series with his video, ‘The sayings of the Desert Fathers’. There are many videos to […]
CR Library Update
Refurbishment Project We were greatly encouraged by the news that the Community has been awarded a grant by the Number 1 Trust towards the cost of our library refurbishment project. We are hoping work will begin on the project in the next couple of months. In order to protect and preserve the library collection and to […]
Simeon and the child Jesus
In the constellation of Orion there are three tiny stars that make up the sword of Orion. The middle one is barely visible to the naked eye. Yet this is the Great Orion Nebula described in a catalogue of deep sky objects as: Orion Nebula Messier 42 (M42, NGC 1976) is the brightest starforming, and […]
Eric Simmons CR 1930-2021
The Requiem Mass for Fr Eric Simmons CR will be held in the Church of the Resurrection, Mirfield, at 11.00 am on Thursday 4th February. You can access the service as it is live-streamed with this link:https://www.facebook.com/Mirfieldservices or you can find a link on our streaming page:https://mirfield.org.uk/live-streaming/ The conditions of lockdown and the safety of […]