One passage that always amuses me is the one where Samuel anoints David as next king over Israel (1 Samuel 16:1-17). Samuel is presented...

At the end of November, I wrote a piece about our past sisters (imaginatively entitled ‘Past Sisters’); last week I had an email from...

They went straight to Jerusalem when they arrived in Judea, knowing a special child had been born, the King: where else would he be but...

There is a light shining in the darkness. However dark it feels, however much Covid seems as if it will affect our lives forever, however...

Christmas is coming; this will therefore be the last blog of 2021, the next one will appear in January 2022. As we approach Christmas,...

For our Community Advent retreat I normally join Srs Sheila and Elizabeth at Bungay. This year was going to be more complex to arrange...

It was quite exciting, getting back to the library to access one of those ancestry websites on their computers. For various reasons, I...

Christmas is coming; it’s here in the shops, winter lights are going up, and Santa is arriving soon (it feels a bit early to have an...

While reading this story, try to read as though you are the speaker (‘I’), rather than a third person. I saw a huge, grassy plain,...

You know me. You know me through and through. You know the bits I like; You know the parts I hate; You know my wisdom; You know my...

People used to think I was a ghost. As I took my early morning walk around the Convent in winter, dressed in a dark habit, with a black...

While reading a book recently, I came across the question ‘What are you seeking?’. Well, the proper answer is God. Isn’t that who we are...

How many Sparrows have you seen recently? I was spellbound one afternoon in Whitby when there where clouds of small birds (some, but not...

Dwelling at Ditchingham, we were very close to the land, to the yearly round of the farming year, and harvest meant actually that: the...

Michaelmas (September 29th) brought Sisters Sheila and Elizabeth to Norwich for a meeting, following which they were planning to see the...

Anyperson felt deep down that they were horrible; they could never get anything right, and were bound to mess up. It wasn’t pleasant to...

Have you ever prayed the Lord’s Prayer … slowly? Taking time to ponder and really pray the words? It’s an amazingly powerful prayer, when...

During our retreat I was praying with Jesus’ summary of the law (Matthew 22:35-40) – love the Lord your God with all your heart/soul/mind...

Simon had worked all night with his partners, trying to catch the fish they sold in their business. Despite their experience, they had...

When I first joined CAH, the annual Summer retreat for the Community used to take place over the end of August and beginning of...