Mark 10.46-52 Bartimaeus was a beggar. What else could he do in Jericho now he was blind? He couldn’t practice any craft. Any job which required reading or writing was out of the question. Jericho was a good place to beg because of the constant flow of travellers up and down the steep, desert road […]
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Last Sunday After Trinity
Giving thanks for the life that God has given to me
Dear all, A couple of weeks ago I said in my letter that I was about to begin to raise funds for Tariro – the charity organised by Fr Nicolas for deprived and orphaned teenagers in Zimbabwe. The object of the charity is to provide safe homes, education, employment, and medical and psychological care for […]
Companions Letter – I’m the one with blue shorts
Dear Companion’s and Friends, I begin this letter on the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham – several months after the last one. When I wrote in July the auction, the Fun Day and the Festival weekend were just behind me and I was in General Chapter. I think that the Auction raised more than £27,000. […]
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Summer activity and future plans
When July came to an end I went to Belfast for my annual holiday. For once I was blessed with magnificent weather and I had a wonderful time. It was not exactly a rest for it was quite an energetic holiday. I did a lot of visiting, some cooking, climbing and I did a lot […]
Community & College Libraries – Our Volunteers
There are two main libraries on site which offer different resources, space and feel to readers. The Community Library (CR) forms a living record of the interests of the Community over time, representing the collections of the brethren past and present at the time they joined CR and the acquisitions made on their behalf during […]
College News
The College Advent term began on Monday 17th September. New families had moved here some time earlier so that their children could begin the new term in their new schools. For one couple, arrival at College happened on September 10th – just 48 hours after their wedding! This year we are fortunate to have […]
Visit to Otwock
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 […]
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 […]