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THE CRYPTIC SHROUD
"The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence... or it is one of the most ingenious,...
Phil
Sep 7, 20245 min read


THE MYSTERIOUS SHROUD PART TWO
"The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence... or it is one of the most ingenious,...
Phil
Aug 31, 20243 min read


shrouded in mystery
When I was in my second curacy (we had two curacies in “the olden days”) in a remote market town in the middle of Fenland Cambridgeshire,...
Phil
Aug 27, 20244 min read


MAX EFFECT
Raymond Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Zdunska-Wola, Poland. He was a lively and clever child, he felt drawn to follow Our Lord...
Phil
Aug 12, 20243 min read


RETIRED
"I'm often asked, in a kindly way, if I'm enjoying my retirement, and immediately that conjures up a picture of armchairs, pipes and...
Phil
Aug 5, 20244 min read


COME APART....
I want to share with you one of my favourite lines from Scripture. Jesus said: "Come apart by yourselves to a quiet place and get some...
Phil
Jul 25, 20243 min read


GOLDEN JUBILEE
Last Saturday we at Holy Trinity were thrilled to celebrate with Fr John Brownsell on the occasion of him serving fifty years as a...
Phil
Jul 20, 20245 min read


REVOLUTIONARY
"The real Christian is always a revolutionary. To say day by day “Thy Kingdom Come” – if these tremendous words really stand for a...
Phil
Jun 15, 20243 min read
FEAR
In our anxiety, fear and uncertainty, when hearts are heavy with the load we bear, and there is no one to turn toward but you; yours is...
Phil
Jun 15, 20241 min read


BREAD FOR CARLO
Carlo Carretto (1910-1988), Italian writer, mystic, and member of the Little Brothers of Jesus, modelled himself upon desert...
Phil
May 28, 20242 min read


TOUCHING WOUNDS, HEALING PAIN.
Whatsoever You Do .....being Christ to others as we touch the hurting places of their lives Hands at work, outstretched to welcome,...
Phil
Apr 24, 20242 min read


TIME ON OUR HANDS
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27 I will not forget you! See, I have...
Phil
Apr 11, 20242 min read


BREAKING & ENTERING
On the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors of the house where the disciples had gathered were locked because...
Phil
Apr 5, 20242 min read


END OF THE LINE?
“WHAT DID THEY DO ON THAT SATURDAY?” The Joseph from Arimathea presented in the biblical gospels was a "secret disciple of Jesus”...
Phil
Mar 30, 20243 min read


STATION CASUALTY
Jesus falls a second and a third time Not only was Jesus sentenced to die on the cross but he was also tasked to carry the cross the...
Phil
Mar 28, 20242 min read


STATION REFRESHMENT
The sixth station of the cross tells of a woman named Veronica from Jerusalem who, upon seeing Jesus on the Via Dolorosa, offers Jesus...
Phil
Mar 25, 20242 min read


THE STATION PORTER
Jesus is exhausted. His footsteps become more and more unsteady, and the soldiers are in a hurry to be finished. They take hold of a man...
Phil
Mar 22, 20243 min read


MARY WAITS AT THE STATION
THE FOURTH STATION - JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER. the most-moving encounter along the Way is this meeting. Amongst the bloodthirsty crowd is...
Phil
Mar 16, 20244 min read


LEAVING THE STATION
.....and picking up the baggage. For some, the cross is a piece of jewellery, which can be worn around the neck, and it may in addition...
Phil
Mar 9, 20242 min read


STATIONARY
Prayerful meditation through the STATIONS OF THE CROSS is a particular devotion during Lent and on Fridays throughout the year, leading...
Phil
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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