The Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2 Samuel 1.1,17-end 2 Cor 8.7-end Mark 5.21-end Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue ‘Do not be afraid; only believe.’ In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Pilgrims to the Holy Land usually visit Capernaum where they can see […]
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Fr Crispin’s Sermon – 27th June 2021
Linda Blenkinship
The brothers and all at Mirfield were saddened to learn of the sudden death of our good friend, Linda, last Thursday.Linda has loved the Lord and has cared for CR’s Companions over many years with generosity, a warm heart and no-nonsense.And we have been the beneficiaries of her passion for orchards as well.We shall miss […]
Fr Nicolas’ Sermon – Storm at Sea
MARK 4: 35-41 Some years ago I crossed the Channel in a really bad storm. It was fantastic! The ferry rolled from side to side; it swooped forwards down the waves and surged up the other side. People were being sick everywhere. Every toilet, every basin had someone standing over it. Passengers were lying on […]
Fr John’s Sermon 13th June 2021
The Parable of the Mustard Seed When I was a kid I once tried to grow a tropical rain forest in a wardrobe, in a bedroom in number six Sherwood in the house where I grew up. I decided to begin on the small scale. I began with a seed from out budgie’s cage. If […]
Songs of Praise – Pentecost Sunday
The Community were delighted to feature in the Pentecost Sunday episode of Songs of Praise for the BBC. Filming took place in different locations around site. One of the show’s regular presenters Sean Fletcher conducted various interviews to learn more about life at the Community and College. If you missed the episode you can catch […]
Ordinations 2021
We invite your prayers for all those about to be ordained, and particularly for the 18 students of the College: 12 to be ordained to the Diaconate, and 6 to be ordained Priest. It is into a world coping with Covid19 and its devastating effects, that we send out our students. We commend them, and […]
Br Philip’s sermon – 6 June 2021
Trinity 1 2021 Mark 3 : 20-35 Let us pray: without you my table is empty, make haste O Lord and do not delay. Amen (a prayer from the inexhaustible treasury of the Imitation of Christ) The Collect for today, the 1st Sunday after Trinity, asks God to grant us the help of His […]
Fr Thomas’s sermon, 30 May 2021
Trinity Sunday 2021. Isaiah 6.1 ‘holy, holy, holy..’ The vision of Isaiah is one we deeply familiar with; ‘holy. Holy, holy is the Lord’, the Lord of hosts; in every Eucharistic prayer it is sung, and often we use it to acclaim God, holy God, holy and strong, holy and almighty have mercy on us. […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon 23 May 2021
“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” ***** “When the day of Pentecost had come …”: – it’s a completion. We’ve ceased singing the psalms at a sprint. We’re about to put away our special booklets. We won’t be sprinkling our praise and conversation so liberally with Alleluias. […]