Luke 1:39-56 ‘Mary set out and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country’. When Mary sets out to visit Elizabeth there’s a sense of urgency and excitement. By all accounts Mary’s journey to Elizabeth won’t have been easy. Whatever we imagine the terrain to be like, the journey was …
Monthly Archives: May 2022
Monday, Seventh Week of Easter
John 16:29-33 I am not alone,because the Father is with me.I have told you all thisso that you may find peace in me. How often have you prayed for someone that they may find peace? Perhaps someone might have to make a difficult decision or comes to terms with a difficult some difficult circumstances: we …
Sunday, Seventh Week of Easter
John 17: 20-26 May they all be one.Father, may they be one in us,as you are in me and I am in you,so that the world may believe that it was you who sent me. Jesus sets before his disciples a vision of their own unity with each other, in and through the Father. This …
Saturday, Sixth Week of Easter
‘Ask and you will receive’ The old Catechism definition
Feast of St Augustine of Canterbury
Luke 10:1-9 ‘Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.’ These words always pull me up short. I rarely travel light as I like to be able to cover every eventuality when I am on a journey. We can quickly spiritualise this text and tell ourselves that Jesus wants us …
Ascension
Luke 24:46-53 ‘And now I am sending down to you what the Father has promised. Stay in the city then, until you are clothed with the power from on high.’ I don’t think I ever really noticed this sentence from today’s Gospel. Usually by this stage in Eastertide the various Bible texts have washed over …
Wednesday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:12-15 When the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth… When I was at Primary school I remember listening to the teacher as she sorted out a playground fight. Two 7 yr old boys were standing at the front of the class, eyes fixed on the the floor. ‘Now, …
Tuesday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:5-11 I must tell you the truth:it is for your own good that I am goingbecause unless I go, the Advocate will not come to you. It’s fairly easy to put ourselves in the position of the disciples: the prospect of Jesus going is sad and the promise of the Advocate coming is very …
Monday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 15:26-16:4a You too shall be my witnesses,because you have been with me from the beginning. Growing up in the North East in the 70s and 80s I don’t think I ever heard the words ‘mission’ or ‘discipleship’ in relation to my own faith journey. Neither did I have any sense of having to ‘witness’ …
Sixth Sunday of Easter
John 14:23-29 The Advocate, the Holy Spirit,whom the Father will send in my name,will teach you everythingand remind you of all I have said to you. I’ve often been asked what a novice mistress might look for in someone who wants to explore Monastic Life. My answer is always the same: someone who truly seeks …