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Bad Mornings and Good Days It should not come as a surprise that even a Benedictine monk can have difficult mornings. The sun isshining, and

The Star, The Crescent and The Cross The Star, the Crescent and the Cross are powerful symbols of the three main monotheist religions. Their story,

The Gift of Wisdom I am writing these few lines without AI. You might prefer AI, though – AI would probably be moreinteresting, more intriguing,

For a Broadening of Our Heart Most of us are probably dealing with the same question: In a world full of dramas, how can our

The Lady, the Lord and the Tenants “Tell me, Father, who is this ‘Lady of Quarr’ which gives her name to your monastery?” – The

Christmas: Live as Gift “Unto us a child is born, a son is given”. Handel in his Messiah set these words of Isaiah to an

Olympic Games and Blackberries This made our summer, didn’t it: watching the Paris Games at the beginning of August, pickingblackberries in the second half of

Back to Easter When you lose direction on the road, your Sat Nav usually tries to bring you back to the point where you took

The Infant God This year – in Ukraine, in the Holy Land, but also, alas, in many, many other places in the world – we

There is More to a Man A man has died. He was a good friend. I had known him for years. I had even known

Easter, Season of Hope The season of Easter is the season of hope. We celebrate Christ’s resurrection. He is victorious over death. He opens human

The Queen and the King Each year at Christmas, the late Queen Elizabeth would mention Jesus in her traditional address to her people. He was