Anthony Bloom was best known as a writer and broadcaster on prayer and the Christian life. He was a monk and Metropolitan bishop of the...

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY ✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit....

ASSUMPTIONTIDE REFLECTIONS WITH MARY Rowan Williams has said that if we ignore Mary, if we shrug our shoulders and say it doesn’t really...

OCTAVIA HILL - LIFE FORMED HER INTO A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH FOR SOCIAL REFORM, WHO WANTED THE VERY BEST FOR THOSE WHO HAD THE LEAST....

ASSUMPTIONTIDE REFLECTIONS WITH MARY In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,to a...

SPIRITIUAL COMMUNION FOR THE FESTIVAL OF MARY SUMNER, 9TH AUGUST 2020. IN 1876 MARY HELD THE FIRST MOTHERS' UNION MEETING AT OLD...

TRANSFIGURATION-TIDE 2020 - some thoughts from Fr. KEN LEECH, revolutionary Anglo-Catholic Christian socialist (1939 - 2015) spiritual...

“A CREED TO LIVE BY” written by Brian Dyson "Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others, It is because we are different...

MASS AT HOME - SPIRITUAL COMMUNION ON 2nd AUGUST 2020 St. Teresa of Ávila (1515–82) encouraged the faithful - “When you cannot receive...

SOME ADVICE TO HELP US LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL - TODAY FROM SAINT PAUL. Use these offerings from St.Paul to conduct a personal "stock-take"...

TODAY WE CELEBRATE ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA Born in 1491, the son of a Basque nobleman, Ignatius served as a soldier and was wounded at the...

SEVEN KEYS FOR JOYFUL LIVING - Chris Widener, American author, business mentor and motivational speaker, offers some keys to open doors...

Mass at Home – Spiritual Communion on 26th July 2020 for those unable to get to Church today. ✠In the name of the Father, and of the Son,...

From "The Liturgical Year" - by Dom Gueranger, OSB.... "Bridget was born in Sweden of noble and pious parents. At ten years of age,...

THIS IS OFFERED AS A MEANS OF MAKING A SPIRITUAL STOCK-TAKE. I HAVE SEEN "A Meditation for Mary Magdalene". Mary was a devoted and...

22nd JULY - THE FEAST OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, Apostle to the Apostles. "Mary turned around and saw Jesus standing there, though she did...

THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: 19th July 2020 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and...

The Catholic Doctor: The gift of a good night’s sleep What is it with teenagers? It’s nothing for them to sleep 12 hours or more if given...

BEFORE THE DAWN - INSOMNIA In the dead of the night Conversations said and unsaid Replay themselves in my mind’s ear Scenarios real and...

PLEASE HEAR WHAT I'M NOT SAYING Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear for I wear a mask, a thousand masks, masks that...