After many months of lockdown it was a great joy to be able to begin the process of reopening the retreat house to guests last week. After much planning and consultation the Community welcomed a small number of individually-guided retreatants for a retreat conducted by Oswin and Nicolas, as well as a few individuals who […]
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Auction Update from Fr John
Although we had to postpone this year’s auction due to Covid, the good news is that we now have a date in mind for next year. It is some time off so we have around a year to prepare. We have some marvellous stuff and there is something for everyone. There are stamps, coins, rare […]
News from the Library
The Community has recently received an amazing addition to the Library collection. A generous donation has been revealed to be an extraordinarily beautiful book, full of fascinating illustrations from a collection belonging to the museum – Pinacoteca Vaticana. The book is a showcase for the ‘Light for Art’ project, where a new system of lighting […]
ROMANS 12.9-END, MATTHEW 16; 21-END
The texts set for today are among the most forceful in the whole New Testament, and the points they make among the most familiar. For that reason they have been taken up by preachers from earliest times, such as desert fathers. That doesn’t mean that they don’t need saying, again and again, and with the […]
You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Matt 16: 16.
Peter gets it absolutely right: Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. And yet, as we know, a few minutes later he shows he has not really understood. When Jesus speaks of betrayal, suffering and death he tries to stop him. We cannot blame Peter for that. We would have […]
Chaplain’s Letter to Companions – August 2020
Dear Companions and friends, I hope that you are all well. I feel that a Chaplain’s letter is long overdue. Life at HR has kept me very busy and certainly we have all found that lock-down has been no holiday. There has been extra domestic duties for us all – partly relieved by the willing […]
Companions Letter August 2020
After many months of lockdown it was a great joy to be able to begin the process of reopening the retreat house to guests last week. After much planning and consultation the Community welcomed a small number of individually-guided retreatants for a retreat conducted by Oswin and Nicolas, as well as a few individuals who […]
“…Which Passeth all Understanding.”
Readings: Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8; Ps. 67; Rom. 11: 1-2a, 29-32; Matt. 15: [10-20] 21-28 ‘Jesus said to them, “Are you also still without understanding’”’? God grant that I may speak to you in his name: Father Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN ‘My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.’ […]