We have two new monthly reflections for March, from Archdeacon Cat and Canon Jane Evans, General Synod Member from Leeds.

Read them here 📖⬇ leeds.anglican.org/our-faith/mo...

MONDAY
FIRST WEEK OF LENT
Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18
Matthew 25:31-46

For I was hungry and you gave me food;
I was thirsty and you gave me drink…

A Lent lexicon 🧵. The fifth word in my Lent lexicon is: TEMPTATION. We all know temptation. We experience it in ways that can be life changing. We also experience it in ways that seem so small as to be insignificant. The source of their power is that they begin by seeming attractive and appealing.

A 🧵 One of the most helpful books I’ve read is “Amazing Grace, a vocabulary of faith.” By Kathleen Norris. She describes it as “an exploration and record of some of the words in the Christian lexicon that most trouble and attract me.”

You may shoot me
with your words,
You may cut me
with your eyes,
You may kill me
with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

#MayaAngelou
#PrayForAmerica

This morning I’m breathing in the fresh air of Blue Sky. What’s it like here, folks? Who wants to connect? I’m Catholic mainstream, into Catholic Social Teaching. I give talks, write books. A lifetime in Catholic education, starting in London as an English teacher. Always learning.

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵

Holy Week @cor-mirfield.bsky.social?
If you have never done a full Triduum (or have space from busy-ness) do it!

Over the next few days, we’ll explore three simple yet powerful ways to make the most of Lent, drawing closer to God and preparing our hearts for Easter.

How do you plan to approach Lent this year? Let us know in the comments!

#Lent #SeasonOfRenewal #PrayerFastingGiving #TeddingtonParish

The Ó Cléirigh seminars continue this Friday 28 Feb in UCD at 4pm with Carol Baxter on ‘Networking for success: the dynamics of early modern nuns' networks of influence’.

Fáilte roimh chách/ all welcome.
Please feel free to Repost.

26th February 2025 07.04

#PrayForPopeFrancis #PrayTogether

Home communion today with someone who, for various reasons, hadn't received it for 6 years. Her (understated) response: "Let's not leave it so long next time, eh pet?" Indeed. I'll be back next month.

(If you've not received communion for a (long) while, and want to, maybe take this as a sign...)

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@davidotley.bsky.social

"This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without any conditions or limits."

—Henri Nouwen (In the Name of Jesus)

We’re delighted to welcome #PaddingtonBear to the Cathedral Close!

The famous marmalade-loving bear arrived today and can be found perched on a bench near the Cathedral’s Herb Garden waiting to meet visitors young and old.

Read more ⬇️

cathedral.org.uk/news/padding...

Guardians of York Minster: the legacy of the Liberty of St Peter and its constabulary - My short piece for bsky.app/profile/york... yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/guard...

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St Conan’s Kirk, Loch Awe
#stainedglasssunday

stconanskirk.org.uk/key-features...

The three panels of the Triptych tell a story. The panels are designed to be read from right, left and then the middle. Details in the link.

Lawrence Wright follows the spiritual journey of the women condemned to Texas’s death row—and the nuns who minister to them. #NewYorker100

Hi all, I’ve been tasked with “defining Christian Spirituality’ in a couple of child friendly lines for my federation of CofE primary schools. Any and all thoughts gratefully received!

So….
I guess many clergy are sorting and thinking and providing Lent resources for those in their care.
However what are we doing for ourselves?
I’m going right back to the beginnings and reading again one of the first two books I bought as a 17 year old Christian
(The other was ‘Prayers of Life’)

This afternoon I popped into a church for a moment of #prayer, and sat by the #SacredHeart...

The latest piece of Heaven 👇❤️
allthislifeandheaventoo.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-lo...

#TodaysHeaven #SimplyLife #Choice4God #NunsOfBlueSky