To come into the light of Your cross – exposed in the glare – yet not glare exposed in the gently penetrating light all pervading...

Do you strive to ensure you are loved and valued – by God and/or by those around you? How long have you worked hard to be a good person,...

Twenty-odd years in Community have linked Lent Four with chocolate, cake, flowers and celebration; yes, in the middle of Lent. While...

Taken in 1866, this photograph depicts M. Lavinia with a few Sisters, plus the girls of All Hallows Orphanage. It is an interesting...

(Genesis 3). They were afraid because they were naked, so they hid. They were afraid because they were vulnerable, naked, open to view....

Some seed fell on hard ground, where the squirrels came and ate it (before the birds could get there); some fell on rocky soil, where no...

How do you truly see God? When you say ‘Lord’ what is the underlying image that comes to mind? So often these images can bring up ideas...

I want to respond to the news that the UK has now had more than 100 000 deaths from Covid 19; I also want to respond to Holocaust...

The 21st December marks the anniversary of the death of two of our sisters: M. Louisa, who died in 1949, and Sr Esther Faith, whose year...

I have a notebook in which I write texts and phrases that have meant something to me. One of these is ‘You are deserving because you are...

I am the wife of Manoah, the mother of Samson, and none of you know my name. For my name was not recorded; the angel came to me to tell...

On Epiphany, the feast celebrating the coming of the Magi to Jesus, I was reading the Old Testament passage set for that day, Isaiah...

In a dark, still Chapel, Sisters and Oblates move prayerfully into their seats; a single bell rings out, signalling that it is 5 minutes...

Great rewards have been promised to Balaam, son of Beor, by Balak, king of Moab if he will come and curse the Israelites. (You can find...

My profile photograph was taken when a meal out with family was usual, didn’t involve thinking about how many could come or how to keep 2...