Use some or all of this reflection to help guide your personal journey through this week of Lent. Reflect Now we are moving into the thick of Lent. Of course we have questions, issues, excuses even. But then there is the simple call – ‘return to me’. This is the journey Jesus is making. Can […]
Use some or all of this reflection to help guide your personal journey through this week of Lent. Reflect We do not have to be out in a desert to be in the wilderness. There are so many experiences that speak to us of this word. And it can be everything from a daily slog, […]
Welcome back to the St Mary Magdalene’s blog. For Lent 2025 Alison and Leonie have compiled a weekly reflection to use in whatever way may assist in the Journey towards Easter. We have used a number of sources: The reflections will be published for Ash Wednesday and each Sunday in Lent. We hope they will […]
This is the last of the meditations in the series Learning Jesus. We hope you have enjoyed the series. Fr Philip Carter is taking a break from writing so we will not be publishing further meditations for the time being. Previous posts on this blog will remain as a resource for all who would like […]
It is the only law: the law of love and mercy. Just as he is gentle and humble, so we can come with teachable hearts. Taking on his “easy yoke” and “light burden” suggests that God is not at our disposal. When we stop trying to be in control, notice our condition and have the […]
To hear Jesus speak was to feel clean. Just as Jesus in his inner experience, in his vulnerability and poverty, lived selflessly for others, and indeed for the Other, so our starting point for our search to become more fully human, will be in learning and growing into those things that “take us outside ourselves”, […]
It is about shifting my centre of gravity from self to God Jesus comes to us from the inside. He reaches us from within our experience, whatever it is. And the dispositions which open us to him belong to the poor, the immature, and the burdened. For they make no claims and have few defences. […]
Love is who God is, and what God does. Approaching Jesus, I then can begin to appreciate his truth, and I find courage then, as I learn more and more of Jesus, to appropriate not just what he stands for but who he is. In this way I begin to put into practice his way […]
I am resting while feeling restless Henri Nouwen In this process, as I approach Jesus I begin to appreciate his truth, his way – not as immutable propositions to believe – but as a way of being in the world that leads to life, peace, joy, freedom, compassion and hope. The stories Jesus offers us […]
Forgiveness is for giving. How I approach Jesus is crucial to my learning or experiencing him. I need to be open, trusting and receptive. I need to be patient, to take time for silent reflection, and to be prepared to suffer as I open myself to the challenges and changes that new truths bring. I […]