A beautiful and funny meditation from Fr Euan (who has now had his operation and is doing well – thank you all for your prayers). Words are important to Dominicans, as expressions of the meaning of the creation. I...
The great thing about Eastertide is that it lasts longer than Lent! So we will take time – especially in this time of continuing retreat – to meditate on the great mystery of the Lord’s Resurrection. Fr Bob Eccles’...
AVAILABLE EASTER SUNDAY ONLY! Fr Dominic writes: I’ve worked for some years with the young dancer choreographer Eliot Smith, and his company Eliot Smith Dance. In 2013 Eliot, a committed Catholic, had an idea of creating his own choreography...
Opening Hymn 1 This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, has sprung to life this morrow: Refrain: Had Christ, who once was slain, not burst His three-day prison, our faith had been in vain;...
We celebrate the great miracle of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, our rebirth and the rebirth of the cosmos, even amidst the pandemic and lockdown. Through this liturgy, let us unite ourselves with the Risen Lord, that...
Fr Dominic reflects on Holy Saturday, between Christ’s death and Resurrection, at such an extraordinary time. A friend wrote recently on Facebook that he’d never had to give up so much for Lent. Who’d have thought, at the beginning...
Tenebrae (“darkness”), so called from the tradition of progressively extinguishing the candles, is the long Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is made up of psalms, readings and chants, including the beautiful...
A meditation on the Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross, with music, art and words, from Sr. Ann Catherine and Sr. Tamsin, of St. Catherine’s Dominican Convent in Cambridge.
To help us into Good Friday, a beautiful lockdown rendition of Wir setzen mit Tranen nieder (“We sit on the ground in tears”) from J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
Tenebrae (“darkness”), so called from the tradition of progressively extinguishing the candles, is the long Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is made up of psalms, readings and chants, including the beautiful...