HOMILY FROM CANON STEPHEN BAILLIE
2nd Sunday of Easter B21 Shalom We do not come through suffering and difficult times unscarred. We are changed by them. Often it brings some sort of growth into our lives and
2nd Sunday of Easter B21 Shalom We do not come through suffering and difficult times unscarred. We are changed by them. Often it brings some sort of growth into our lives and
As we prepared for Easter a number of our pupils and local priests celebrated the Stations of Cross. Stations of the Cross — sometimes called Way of the Cross — is a
A couple of months ago we looked at a Carthusian monk at prayer. This month, by contrast, we have before us George Henry Boughton’s,”Woman Kneeling at Prayer.” As a child, I remember
Mid-week Reflection 31st March 2021 Today is Wednesday in Holy Week. Many years ago, I don’t know how many, an elderly man, a widower, asked me to call on him. He was
‘AND SUDDEN FEAR CAME OVER HIM, AND GREAT DISTRESS’ Holy Week tells the story of people who fall, falter and fail. One after another, the disciples, the crowd, the Pharisees, the Sadducees,
Mid-week Reflection 24th March 2021 Nebuchadnezzar, or Nabucodonosor! A great name that…but, sadly, not a great person. Verdi called him Nabucco. It was the opera that put Verdi on the map. The
The Bible pays Joseph the highest compliment: he was a “just” man. The quality meant a lot more than faithfulness in paying debts. When the Bible speaks of God “justifying” someone, it