The term ‘Fat Tuesday’ (Mardi Gras) has always made me chuckle. Finish up the goodies – get it in before Ash Wednesday. It seems quite childish, yet most of us are mere children in the spiritual life. I confess – I have always found fasting difficult. I admire those who with ease, eat only when… Continue reading Getting it in There – Before Lent
‘In a word, the Cistercian Order is founded upon Alberic as upon a rock.’ Thomas Merton In the Valley of Wormwood p.37 The most striking thing about St. Alberic of Citeaux, from what we know of his life is that of perseverance. His faith and single-mindedness are inspiring. Very few people have even heard of… Continue reading Alberic
“We do not want merely to see beauty, though God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words – to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.” C.S.… Continue reading God in a Pod?
“Our world no longer hears God because it is constantly speaking, at a devastating speed and volume, in order to say nothing. Modern civilisation does not know how to be quiet. It holds forth in an unending monologue. Postmodern society rejects the past and looks at the present as a cheap consumer object; it pictures… Continue reading Electrifyingly Cacophonific
Poor old Mr. Google gets a hard time from me. I am always giving out about him. It’s not his fault, I am as guilty as anyone of the ‘need to know,’ of wanting instant answers – instant anything…just give it to me instantly! I crave Mr. Google’s wisdom even to the point of finding… Continue reading A Life Less Powerful
I have been growing sweetcorn. I planted the kernels directly into the soil in the green house. A week later, on morning inspection, they had been wiped out…a morning raid by dastardly squirrels! I had never grown sweetcorn before and was on the verge of giving up when the still small voice of the Holy… Continue reading Brace Roots
A very merry re-birthday to me – to who? Whilst the characters of Alice in Wonderland celebrate 364 un-birthdays a year, I celebrate just one re-birthday. It happens every year on the 18th April. But to tell the truth I would often celebrate it twice! You see, I was re-born into Christ at the Easter… Continue reading More Than A Tea Party
They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses… Continue reading Grumble, Grumble
Brother Alberic 