‘Lent is a season to sing the joy of forgiveness’ Brother Alois *** Image: ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’, painted 1857 by Ary Scheffer...

‘God give me the desire to desire what You want me to desire.’ Richard Rohr *** Image: Praying Hands Window, Bay Ridge United Church,...

‘Singers and dancers alike say All my springs are in You’ Psalm 47:1 *** Image: Moutya dance, Seychelles Photo: Gerard Larose, Seychelles...

Hold my eyes open and set wide the gates of my soul Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) *** Image: Maligne lake. Jasper National Park,...

My dear Friends, "There are no atheists on the battlefield" they say and it seems that most of us pray at some point in our lives, even...

Love’s as hard as nails, Love is nails: Blunt, thick, hammered through The medial nerves of One Who, having made us, knew The thing He...

‘Our vulnerability may be the greatest strength we have; it bonds us to one another. It is the gift given to us to enable us to embed...

12 steps of humility Recognise the presence of God Accept the Will of God Accept spiritual direction Persevere Acknowledge faults Live...

‘I know very little about you. I know that there is in you a chaos of things which has not yet acquired either an orientation or a form;...

‘Each of us has a need, almost an imperative, to confront the unknown which lies coiled in the centre of our heart’s labyrinth.’ Frances...

‘I said to the almond tree, ‘Sister, speak to me of God,’ and the almond tree blossomed.’ Attrib to St Francis of Assisi, quoted by Nikos...

‘Make yourself wholly aflame’ Abba Lot *** Image: Campfire Photo: MarcusObal, 2005, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike...

‘I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what...

My dear Friends, With snow all around and lockdown still in place, perhaps like you, I have been thinking about Summer holidays! Some go...

‘Silence – not an absence of sound, but a presence of something that is not sound.’ Sara Maitland *** Image: ‘Blue Silence’, watercolour...

‘Listen to the silence of God.’ Thomas Merton *** Image: Thalkote Lake, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Photo: ‘KUMUWICK’, 2018, used under...

Not the one who takes up his bed and walks But the ones who have known him all along And carry him in — Their shoulders numb, the ache...

‘Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.’ C.S. Lewis – ‘The Weight of Glory’ ***...

‘We are down here in time, where beauty grows.’ Annie Dillard *** Image: Bees on a flowering allium in a garden border, Hampton Court...

‘The silence is all there is… You take a step in the right direction to pray to this silence… Distinctions blur. Quit your tents. Pray...