Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter. Old men ought to be explorers Here or there does not matter We must be...

‘Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention. Be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul. May you experience...

‘I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me’ William Blake *** Image: Stained glass window, St Joseph’s Church,...

The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze...

May my mind come alive today To the invisible geography That invites me to new frontiers To break the dead shell of yesterdays To risk...

I was shocked, almost horrified. I had let myself into our, regrettably still locked, church a few days ago and realised that someone else

‘The most curious of all ... lives are the human ones, because we can destroy, but also because we can decide not to destroy. The turtle...

Happy Pentecost! The Day of Pentecost marks fifty days since Easter Day and brings the Easter season to an end. It is a major feast of...

Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the...

Somewhere, out at the edges, the night Is turning and the waves of darkness Begin to brighten the shore of dawn. The heavy dark falls...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a...

'Christ is already in that place of peace, which is all in all. He is on the right hand of God. He is hidden in the brightness of the...

A Blackbird Singing by R. S. Thomas It seems wrong that out of this bird, Black, bold, a suggestion of dark Places about it, there yet...

Dear Friends, Inevitably, I have been speaking quite frequently over recent months with those who are confined to their own homes. Some...

Seventh Sunday of Easter - Jesus' Ascension Photo: Robert Nyman 3-7 year olds 1. Opening Prayer: "Lord Jesus, this week we remember your...

‘There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there. It is what...

‘You cannot help us… we must help You to help ourselves. And that is all we can manage these days and also all that really matters: that...

‘You were here all the time and I never knew it!’ (Jacob waking from sleep, Genesis 28:16) Image: Nicolas Dipre - ‘The Dream of Jacob’...

‘The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.’ ― Simone Weil, Waiting for God Image:...

‘To be blessed is simply to be where God would have you be…and what matters is to be there faithfully…We must be where God is and He has...