Ash Wednesday 2022 Joel 2:12-18 2 Cor 5:20 – 6:2 Mt 6:1-6.16-18 In a troubled country, many centuries before Christ, the prophet Joel voiced a strong call to repentance. ‘Return’, he cried out, ‘return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents […]
Easter at Quarr is a good season to learn again that
Flowers open after winter months of apparent death,
Birds sing joyfully as they build new nests for their little ones to come,
Lambs gamble and bleat in the meadows.
Even roads reopen (!) giving access to visitors old and new – all welcome!
Will our hearts open, too,
To make peace after conflicts and wars
To forgive after disputes
To foster every human life from its conception to its natural end,
To bring a smile of hope on all faces around?
“Christ is risen from the dead.”
Happy Easter to you all!
Abbot Xavier and the Community