Ray's Blog: February 2021
A Devotion For The Season Of Lent
A blog reader asked me this week where in my writings he could find a poignant Lament for Christ for use in the season of Lent. This Lament is beautiful and touches the soul. It is the entry for Ash Wednesday in The Celtic Prayer Book Volume 1:...
A Lent Lament For Planet Earth
On Ash Wednesday I meditated on whether I am meant to have a leit motif for this Lent: e.g. reparation for violating the Trinity's image in our society.
Then the Columban Ecological Institute sent this reflection by Nellie Mc Laughlin:
'Deep within Earth’s sacred cradle of wisdom I sense rumblings:
We-humanity-...
Down With Selfish Nationalism: Up With The Book Club
Email dialoguing this week pinpointed one of the vital ingredients implicit in the name Community of Aidan and Hilda. The CAH founders were very clear that the community and therefore its named patrons should never be selfishly nationalistic, but should be a model of indigenous and multi-national partnership. The...
A Diy Holy Island Retreat
LONGING FOR A HOLY ISLAND RETREAT? MAKE ONE FROM HOME!
At this time of year people around the world plan for a retreat. Many book in to one on UK’s Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
The Covid pandemic need not mean that all is lost. You can...
