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No 45 Autumn 2026

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

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No 44 Easter 2026

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,

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No 43 Winter 2025

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

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No 42 Summer 2025

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

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No 41 Easter 2025

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

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No 40 Winter 2024

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

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No 39 Summer 2024

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

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No 38 Easter 2024

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

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No 35 Easter 2023

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

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No 34 Christmas 2022

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

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Easter Message 2026

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