Choosing life: decision – the way I choose
Discernment is about sifting what is genuine or true from what is false Fr Philip Carter Am I experiencing a new freedom in my life in such a way that my decisions are more and more in keeping with my desire to know Jesus intimately, love him more intensely and follow him more closely? Vocation: […]
Spirituality of the desert: the transforming desert
The desert shall rejoice and blossom. Isaiah 35:1 The hunter said, “Father, if I keep my bow always stretched it will break”. So it is with the monk; if we push ourselves beyond measure we will break: it is right for us from time to time to relax our efforts”. Abba Anthony Have you a […]
A thinking heart: communion as source and destiny of life.
…enter the communion of God’s own personal life -in- relation. John Zizioulas Truth is that indestructible life that is open to us when we cease to live as private and self-determining individuals and enter the communion of God’s own personal life-in-relation. John Zizioulas Image: Christopher Holt, Haywood Street fresco (detail) Learning to live with our […]
Moments of grace: encounter not performance
There is nothing now but kestrel. Iris Murdoch I begin to think about what happens when a landscape or a great tree or the spectacle of the night sky presents itself and commands attention. That quite ordinary scene beyond the railway track had ceased to be merely an object I was looking at. It had […]