Straightness 4 December 2016 – ADVENT 2: Year A Poets, story-tellers and other observers and commentators on the human condition have occasionally pointed out the curious fact that in order to arrive at an intended destination the traveller sometimes has to go by a roundabout and circuitous route. Alice at the beginning of her adventures […]
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Christ the King
CHRIST THE KING 20 November 2016 I understand that the Queen usually has only one glass of wine at lunch. One day she asked for a second glass. Her famous Mother responded:- “Do you think that wise, darling – you have to reign all afternoon!” Speaking of “reigning” today we celebrate the Feast of Christ […]
Lift up Jesus
Second Sunday before Advent 2016 Perhaps the use of the word “Apocalyptic” is so overworked nowadays that we just close our eyes and our ears, which is a sad thing to do, for in Scripture the apocalyptic is a serious Jewish tradition and it is more than merely looking at tea leaves and proclaiming the […]
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Welcome Fabian nCR
Post All Saints’ Day is an apposite time to reflect on this latest important event in the life of CR, and of our newest brother Fabian (né Shaun-Michael) Trevithick. It is not insignificant that his clothing into the novitiate should have taken place during the first evensong for St Luke’s day (17th October). Luke, as […]
College of the Resurrection Celebrates its Foundation
Every year the College celebrates the anniversary of its foundation (going for over 100 years!) on the feast of SS Simon and Jude. Foundation day is one of those occasions which isn’t meant to interrupt a normal study day, consisting of an evening Mass presided over by the principal and followed by a formal dinner, […]
Advent Devotion – Sunday 4 December
Since 1991 we have invited Christians in West Yorkshire to join us in an Advent preparation for Christmas. The service, originally taken from ‘The Promise of His Glory’, is based on the ‘Great Os’. These are ancient antiphons sung at the beginning and end of the Magnificat from 17th until 23rd December and are best […]
A Praying Church
6 November, 2016 – Third Sunday before Advent – Year C More than once in my years here we have had a local person from Mirfield start to work here and being rather nervous about it. Then as he or she gradually got used to the people and the entertaining goings-on here, that person came […]
Today Salvation has come to this House
30 October, 2016 – Fourth Sunday before Advent – Year C ‘Today salvation has come to this house’ Does Zacchaeus repent? That’s a funny question. It’s one we might not think to ask. The story of Jesus and the chief tax-collector seems to turn on Zacchaeus’ change of heart. That’s how we expect the story […]
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Sermon 23 October 2016 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector I don’t like this parable. It makes me feel uncomfortable. For a start I know I am the Pharisee. I look around and thank God I am not as other men are. I am very glad God called me unto the Community of the Resurrection […]