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.
Category: Prayer
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.
A Trysting Place – Day 5 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
In our journey of faith we need a balance between being busy and being prayerful – Ora et Labora when balanced help us steer a straight course.
A Trysting Place – Day 4 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
Penance, along with our lenten devotions, is not a punishments for past peccadilloes but an instrument to help us give ourselves away more fully.
A Trysting Place – Day 3 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
When we join a fellowship we tell everyone else more about ourselves than we think. To be a ‘pleasing aroma’ self disclosure is a key part of forging peace.
Suffolk Vicar 