10 Jan An Epiphanytide Reflection
The great conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter, an event that hadn’t happened for 800 years in our night’s sky and...
02 Jan January 2021
Above: The Epiphany crib at Burford Priory in 1970 2 January - A very happy New Year to everyone reading this....
26 Dec A Christmastide Reflection
After the shepherds’ visit, the Gospel continues: But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:...
05 Dec The Book of Ecclesiastes
As part of a series of readings from the Bible, Paul Edmondson invites you to listen to the wisdom found...
01 Dec December 2020
1 December - I promised myself I wouldn't be quite so tardy this month, so here we are: day one....
07 Nov November 2020
On 8th November we celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of Br Stuart's profession in monastic life. From the 10th to the...
03 Oct October 2020
Saturday 3rd October - From page one of Tolstoy's Diaries, ed. by R.F Christian: 'It is easier to produce ten...
04 Sep September 2020
Friday 4th - This piece of news strictly belongs in last month's mlog (monastic blog), but I didn't want it...
04 Aug August 2020
Tuesday, 4th - A few days ago Chapter voted in favour of allowing me to renew my Simple Vows...
05 Jul July 2020
Sunday 5th - I thought I would share this extract from a homily on today's gospel from John Chrysostom, which...