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The Missing Peace: Book Review
Alongside texts from the Christian contemplative tradition, I’d been studying texts from other traditions. I told the Abbot it seemed as if a single voice…
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I Ease You
Jesus says ‘I Ease You’. Who will care When all the blood and sweat have flowed and dried When furrowed face is quenched with tears run cold And…
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The Paradox of Poverty : a Book Review
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,” Jesus said, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” It’s a shocking, almost offensive thought.
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Remembering Julian of Norwich near her Anniversary
She lived through war, pague, famine and social unrest. Julian’s honest voice is a witness who helps us find the courage to dare to trust…
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Quality Time is Key in Spiritual Practices
“… I looks at him and he looks at me.” That is a perfect description of contemplative prayer.
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Musing on Lent and Easter music.
During the installation of Abp. Sarah Mullally, lines were sung from the words of Julian of Norwich. The composer Joanna Marsh had compiled these words in…
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Job – the Problem of Suffering and the Problem of God.
Janet has written about how reflecting on the book of Job helped her come to terms with grief. We invite our readers to write reflections…
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Silence Is
Often, silence is approached via activity – the seeking of something in tandem with the resistance of other thing(s). Yet, silence is not the pursuit…
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Fast for Peace Cultivating Inner Harmony and Love
For there to be peace in the world, there first has to be peace in our hearts and minds. With war, famine, disease, poverty, corruption…
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Christmas PRESENT
Last Advent the first passage I read was the start of John’s gospel. As I lay in bed next morning, I ‘heard’ it in my…
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A Reflection for Advent
Lead-in at a Julian Meeting in Australia in December 2013 An Advent message in the Book of Lamentations? Unlikely as it seems, some verses seem…
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Pondering the Julian Meetings
But when the Lord comes, will he find faith on earth? Luke 18:8 I was sitting in my allotment, pondering what I should be doing.…
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All Saints and All Souls, Reflecting on Loss and Grief.
Nothing is Lost When my friend was in the final stages of dementia and both speech and cognition were lost, I wondered what it must…
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New Magazine Index: Easily Find Articles & Topics
We have launched an index to our magazine library 2001-2024. The magazines have been available to read for a while. Recently we added 2001-2010. But…
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All That Is Made-The Comfort of Contemplative Prayer by Keren Dibbens-Wyatt
Keren Dibbens-Wyatt reflects on Julian of Norwich’s writings in ‘Revelations of Divine Love’. Keren writes: “I’ve been fascinated by the book and the wisdom it…
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Laughing with God a poem by Hafiz
Two Giant Fat People (by Hafiz a 14thC Persian poet and mystic see links at the end for details) God and I have becomeLike two…
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Opening and Closing the Silence
Words used to open and close the silence at a Julian Prayer group. OPENING PRAYER We are your sheep, and you are our Father and…
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Review of A Pilgrimage of the heart: Walter Hilton and the English Mystical Tradition
Kevin Goodrich: A Pilgrimage of the heart: Walter Hilton and the English Mystical Tradition. Darton, Longman an Todd. ISBN978-1-915412-13-3 published 2024 Available in Kindle and…
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Crowland JM Quiet Day
Crowland JM is holding a quiet day on 7th August. To book your place see details on poster.
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Overcoming Distraction in Contemplative Prayer
The practice of contemplative prayer in the face of distraction So here in the midst of the worldWith all its present pain and madnessYou are…
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Exploring the Spiritual Labyrinth Experience
Saturday 4 August 7.30pm. The cathedral nave is clear of chairs, the lighting is subdued. Two dozen of us gather in a circle in the…
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Poems by Angelus Silesius OFM, 1624 – 1677
These are two lovely, contemplative poems by Angelus Silesius, a 17th century Franciscan whose theology has similarities with that of Meister Eckhart, the 14th century…
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Moments of Love by John Mann
An Eight-Day Retreat with the Song of Songs Information from the publisher: This attractive little book offers an eight-day retreat through the Bible’s poetic allegory…
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Healed by Love Daniel Chowning OCD. Review
Daniel Chowning: Healed by Love: Contemplation as a path of healing according to St John of the Cross Liturgical press 2025 Blackwells £18.99. Amazon Kindle…
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Becoming
Although we often see life as a series of beginnings and endings; life and death, the seasons of the year, night and day, we are…
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Book Review The Art of Spiritual Writing
Authors Eirene Palmer and Richard Palmer. Published by DLT (Darton, Longman, Todd) Reviewed by Angela May This book is the work of a couple who…
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Books Recently Published
Here are three books recently published which might interest you. Click on the picture to go to the publisher’s page. These are from an American…
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The Language of Prayer
An opening meditation and closing prayer used at the Bexhill Julian Meeting. The language of prayer, as with all forms of communication, is deeper than…
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Loss of Silence – Dealing with Tinnitus
First published in the April 2002 magazine but still very relevant. “Avoid very noisy places and totally silent places”… so reads an article on tinnitus…
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Books Recently Published
Here are a few books recently published which might interest you. Click on the picture to go to the publishers page. Some of our members…
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My Dream
When I was a boy of about seven, I had a recurring dream which, at the time, was quite perplexing. It is difficult to describe,…
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I Am That I Am
Is-ness’s recognition by Am-ness is expressed in the Ocean and Wave. Existence self-reflected by Awareness; Presence self-recognised by Knowing. The Ocean is I; Am, the…
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What May Befall
A somewhat dark reflection but our hope for all is for a peaceful, joyful and blessed year. The following is a possible lead-in for a…
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The God Within – Something Personal
In discussion with an Anglican friend earlier in the year, I suggested that the liturgy of the Church of England, even the modern versions, contains…
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Shalom
We had wandered. All over the place. We came to John. Listening to him, talking to him, Fed the hunger, the need inside. A way…
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We See Differently at Night
We see differently at night Shadows fall in dark corners And then the moon appears Bright, round but silently Oh, so silently. We hear…
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Advent
Advent greetings to our blog subscribers. Normally we do not want to risk overloading our followers with posts. So roughly one or two a month…
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There
There There, in that other world, what waits for me? What shall I find after that other birth? No stormy, tossing, foaming, smiling sea, But a…
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A Sound of Sheer Silence
From the earliest years of Christianity to the present day, the practice of silent prayer is where many have sought, and found, the presence of…
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“Lectio Divina – The Sacred Art” Book Review
Paintner, Christine Valters, Lectio Divina – the Sacred Art: Transforming Words & Images Into Heart-Centered Prayer, SPCK, 2012 Publisher’s Information: Lectio divina, which means sacred…
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In the Wilderness
The three Abrahamic faiths all have wilderness as a fundamental experience of their faith: Abraham’s wanderings; Israelites 40 years in the desert; John the Baptist;…
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The God-Shaped Hole
It is a well-known phrase, and the experience that we lack something without the presence of God is central to Christian life (and the life…
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August Magazine
Our August magazine is now available and the printed copy is with our Meetings and individual members. It is our last printed magazine. Details of…
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A reflection on contemplative prayer
“Prayer should not be transactional, rather it should be transformational” In a lifetime our prayer may take many forms of expression. Some of which will…
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The Fire and the Rose are One
Picture and text © Keren Dibbens-Wyatt If you gaze into the fire of the Sacred Heart, your own core will be broken into tiny pieces…
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God of Wholeness
O God of wholeness, we rest in you. You listen with us to the sound of running water. You sit with us under the shade…
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The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism
A Guide to Contemplative Spirituality By Carl McColman (Author) Aug 2023 Information from the Publisher, Broadleaf Books: “This revised and expanded edition offers a big…
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St Theresa of Avila
“You know that God is everywhere; and this is a great truth, for, of course, wherever the king is, or so they say, the court…
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To pray where prayer has been valid
More than an order of words If you came this way, Taking any route, starting from anywhere, At any time or at any season, It would always be…
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Silent Compassion: finding God in contemplation by Richard Rohr
Richard Rohr OFM (b. 1943) hardly needs any introduction. He is an American Franciscan priest and communicator. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was the…
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God is in this place
When I think on God’s Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God’s Kingdom is none other than God Himself…
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