Since 1976 religious from Poland and Germany have been meeting at regular occasions; our Brother Christopher, who did much work in eastern Europe before the collapse of communism, initiated these meetings to further reconciliation between Protestant and Catholic, German and Polish. The group – known in his memory as ‘Christophorus’ – consists now of both […]
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ISAIAH 50: 4-9a
A LOT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, more than meets the eye, is dominated by exile or exiles. It’s not surprising that modern Israel is dominated by the Exile, subsequent ones and worse. No wonder modern Israelis say, “ Now we’ve got some of it back, let’s keep hold of our Zion and our Land, as […]
‘“Ephphatha!”’ in us!
‘“Ephphatha!”’ in us! Jas. 2:1-10 [11.13] 14-17; Mark 7.24-37 May I speak in the name of the Son to the glory of the Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit. ‘This is where the rubber meets the road.’ When my sister purchased the ‘Fighting Fat, Fighting Fit’ fitness DVD one night following a […]
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2 Kings 4.42-44; Eph 3.14-21; John 6.1-21
On Wednesday, for the feast of St James, Oswin took us deep into those caves where the Wild Boars were trapped in the darkness without food or drink. He pointed us to Jesus’ question ‘What do you want?’ and remarked on its relation to the question we answer at profession, ‘What do you seek?’ – […]
Letter from Marc – July 2018
Have you been making the most of the unusually long heat wave? The brothers CR have had a whole week of retreat punctuating our Chapter meetings, in which to enjoy the sunshine and get outdoors. This has been really welcome after a week of meetings and being inside. Our retreat this year is being conducted by the […]
Trinity 7. Proper 10. Track 2
AMOS 7:7-15 PSALM 85: 8-END EPHESIANS 1:3-14 MARK 6:14-29 Amos’s plumb line is unexpectedly a symbol of destruction, and warns us of what is to come in the Gospel which we’ve just heard, one of the most horrible in the whole of the New Testament, barring none. The soldiers who crucify Jesus are simply executing […]
Visit to the University of York Library
On 20 June, I was joined by Fr Thomas, and Brothers Marc and Steven on a visit to the University of York Library and the Borthwick Institute for Archives. The University Library received 3,000 or so books from the Community of the Resurrection in 1973, primarily to care for the unique collection, which has been on loan to the since then. The books, […]