FR EUAN’S CHRISTMAS LETTER
Dear Friends and Benefactors, So how did you feel this year? Normally that would be a question I couldn’t answer for myself, but this year I think we all have a good idea about how we felt. Anxious, lonely,...
THE BIRTH OF SPIRITUAL BIRTH
In our fourth meditation for Advent, Fr Euan reflects on the genealogy of Jesus according to St. Matthew, a difficult and strange reading for us, but one which is revealed as a story about our spiritual birth in baptism....
WHAT IS PRAYER FOR?
What is prayer for? During Advent, we try to deepen our prayer. Is this possible in such a difficult time? Our friend Jean Harding shows us that a deepened prayer is possible in precisely the most difficult times, and...
CHRISTMAS AT BLACKFRIARS (24 December to 3 January)
Christmas Eve, Friday 24th December 7 am Lauds (Morning Prayer) (also broadcast on Radio Maria England) 7.30 am Mass of Christmas Eve (also broadcast on Radio Maria England) 5 pm Vigil Mass of Christmas 6.30 pm...
The Sacrament of the Present Moment
We wait for the Lord to come, and yet one of the main places where we experience His coming to us – church – is currently interrupted, restricted or shut down. How to find him? Our Fr Bob Eccles...