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Lent 2024
Controversial ‘Semana Santa’ poster causes Holy Week rift in Seville
March 20, 2024
The annual Semana Santa celebrations in the Andalusian gem that is Seville are a riot of pageantry, religious fervour and artistic flare – though that artistic licence is under intense scrutiny this year due to the choice of official poster to accompany the famous Holy Week celebrations.  The majority of the processions and accompanying devotional events
Tasty meat-free suggestions for keeping body and soul together in Lent
March 18, 2024
Kate Ford, doyenne of the meatfree table, offers her suggestions for these days of abstinence: Parsley Soup with peas  Serves 4 1 onion 2 tbsp olive oil 2 large potatoes (400g)1 litre vegetable stock300g frozen peas 30g fresh parsley ½ lemon Peel the onion and chop finely. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and add the onion. Fry gently
Like us, Jesus had to learn how to pray too
March 18, 2024
The call to prayer requires teaching and encouragement. While we were made by God and for God, and have a natural desire for union with God, we need help in understanding and realising how to pursue and live this union with our heavenly Father. As we have to learn how to pray, the same is
Like Jesus in today’s Gospel, can we turn ‘our cross’ into love that is fruitful for others?
March 17, 2024
“When I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all men to myself.” (John 12:32) In today’s Gospel, Jesus expresses his desire to save everyone by turning suffering into glory. It begins when some Greeks want to see Jesus and they approach one of his apostles who has a Greek name, Philip, who
The purpose of suffering according to Flannery O’Connor
March 17, 2024
In a letter to a friend in June 1958, Flannery O’Connor briefly discussed an acquaintance who had committed suicide. O’Connor’s mother (a frequent foil for O’Connor’s wit and wisdom) had said that “she didn’t see how anybody with any faith in God could do such a thing”. O’Connor’s judgement of the person was more charitable
A ‘moment of heaven’: Forty Hours Adoration at the Brompton Oratory 
March 15, 2024
On Tuesday I went to Heaven. I go there once a year. The opening night on 12 March of the Brompton Oratory’s annual Forty Hours Adoration culminates with the placing of the Monstrance enshrining the Blessed Sacrament upon His throne above the High Altar. There, Our Blessed Lord, our King, showers down upon us His love –
Only Jesus offers us a glorified body, not transhumanism and visions of a technological human future
March 14, 2024
The season of Lent in which we find ourselves once more is a time to prepare for Easter, the high point of the liturgical year in which we celebrate the redeeming work of Jesus Christ. The risen Christ has a glorified body, and our great hope is that we too will rise with glorified bodies.
Following the difficult path of prayer in a fallen world
March 12, 2024
Prayer is a difficult path to follow in a fallen world and in the midst of an increasingly secular and technological society.  The odds are always against prayer. It requires a desirous heart to begin to pray, and a firm, well-formed heart to persevere in the life of prayer. As a help to this challenge,
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