A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 20
When faced with inevitable change and trying to discern what of the new to embrace and what of the old to retain our aim must be to choose only those things which draw us closer to love.
Category: Prayer
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 19
To learn that God loves to watch us do what we love to do to prosper the work of the Gospel brings a great freedom and makes ‘drudgery divine’.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 18
‘Praying without ceasing’ and ‘rejoicing in the Lord always’ can seem to be a counsel of perfection. However unless we manage to carry our ‘Trysting Place’ with us the world wil remain lost and loveless.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 17
We are not meant to fight out the ‘fidgets of our faith’ alone. Each of us is enriched if we can find a ‘Trysting Place’ and a trusted freind where and with whom we may find rest for our souls.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 15
Speaking God’s Word hurts, but it also hurts to keep silent. Learning when to speak and when to keep silent is always a Chance to Die.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 13
To tend the griefs of our past we need to find ways of holding them close and making them part of our future. Loving as Jesus loves gives us the hope to turn pain into forgiveness.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 12
Living Lent, and our faith fully, is not solely about saying ‘no’ to the things that hold us back but also saying ‘yes’ to the love of God that calls us forward.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 9
To hold on to the One who holds us may mean we need to let go of other loves. However this is only so that once we have learnt to ‘love one another as Christ loves’ we may be able to love everyone better.
A Trysting Place – Day 8 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
In the life of faith there is no room for spiritual one-upmanship which presumes that our work is more important than another’s prayer or our worship more precious than another’s washing-up
A Trysting Place – Day 7 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
Of all the tools the Church has to bring healing to a broken world the most powerful is the willingness of the individual Christian to confess their sins.
Suffolk Vicar 