Archives

AWAKENING A BENEDICTINE HEART Since 2023, the Lay Community of St Benedict, who are connected with Worth Abbey, have organised St Benedict’s Week – a week of talks, podcasts and events [...]

(11th July we celebrate St Benedict’s relics translated to the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire.) I still remember the first time I took a copy of the Rule of St Benedict from the shelf in the [...]

Let us sing to the Lord a song of love “Sing to the Lord a new song; his praise is in the assembly of the saints. We are urged to sing a new song to the Lord, as new men who have learned a [...]

On Good Works, Labour and Prayer: contemplation and action: thoughts from St Aelred, a Cistercian spiritual master The germ of the idea for this reflection was born from a discussion in a meeting [...]

THE OBLATES’ PRAYER O Loving God, I ask your blessing this day On all the Oblates of St Benedict And those with whom we are affiliated. Help us to become people Of prayer and peace. Though [...]

1st Sunday of Lent, 2026 First of all, whenever you begin a good work, beseech him, most pressingly, to bring it to completion. (RB Prologue 4 – Laurentia Johns OSB translation) After Mass [...]

BE NOTHING Just over a year ago, I read a review in ‘The Tablet’ of a biography of the writer Ronald Blythe (1922-2023). He is known for his book ‘Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village’ [...]

The Remnant That Shall Return January is a month of beginnings. The turning of the year invites us to look both backward and forward: backward, to the faithfulness of God in the past, and [...]

As I begin to write this article, I find myself remembering my walk around town this morning. It is Friday 31st of October – Halloween. After Mass this morning, we had a brief discussion on [...]

Traditionally, November is the month of the Holy Souls. A time to recall all our friends and loved ones, and pray for their eternal rest. This set me thinking about all those we have known who [...]