During this week of pray for prisoners, Fr Bob Eccles, for many years a prison chaplain, reflects on God’s mercy behind bars. A homily for Prisons Week 2020 at Blackfriars (Wednesday 14th October) “The fruits of the Spirit are...
Missed this wonderful conference on St. Thomas Aquinas’s writings on Our Lord Jesus Christ? Click below for Sr. Magdalene on The Word was Made Flesh, Fr Simon on Christ’s Beatific Vision, and Fr John on the Charity of Christ’s...
One for the busy Marthas out there! Fr Bob Eccles invites us to rethink Martha and Mary. Here is a passage that is read, at least since the day of St Augustine of Hippo, as a straight contrast or...
As we approach the weekend, Fr Bob encourages us to embrace the virtue of leisure… “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath” Matthew 12: 8 Charlie Brown says toLucy as they sit together peacably on the grass, ...
Our friend Eddie Zengeni, a husband, father and member of the Blackfriars congregation, reflects on being a Catholic father during the confinement of lockdown – and through it, his own healing journey to fatherhood. “Tommaso! Patrick! Where are...
After the joyful celebration of Mass together last Sunday, Sr Mary Magdalene’s new talk on pleasure and joy seems particularly appropriate! Is joy simply an emotion? Or does it go deeper?
With social distancing, the way we communicate has had to change. Absence has often made the heart grow fonder. What would you really like to say to someone important in your life? Some years ago our friend Jean Harding...
St. Bernard encouraged those seeking God to find Him in the “Book of Nature”, and Jesus Himself told his disciples to consider the lilies of the field (Matthew 6:28). Through the retreat of lockdown, many of us have been...
On Saturdays we usually celebrate the Blessed Virigin Mary “on Saturday”, or rather, “on the Sabbath”. Fr Aidan considers how as Christians we are connected with the Sabbath of the Jewish people, our ancestors in faith, and how Our...
“Have you ever felt a strong desire for something pleasant? Is that OK?” Sr. Mary Magdalene, in her fourth talk on Aquinas on the Passions, looks at desire. Often we can feel caught between a society that says, “Do...