Dedication of the Church 2024 In many Catholic churches, the faithful are given the option, when the homily is a bit boring or the Mass feels too long, of opening their eyes and looking around. Their gazes meet with quantities of statues or images of the saints in the stained-glass windows, on the capitals, or […]
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