Archives for March 2012

Let go and be healed: Lent 5. Grown ups’ version.

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Once all the bandages, plasters and cuddly toys had been cleared away from the children’s session (see below), the adults took their turn. We began with the same prayer as the children and then listened to the gospel and the reflection from the Lent materials. As a group we noticed the following about the gospel: […]

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Letting go and being healed: Lent 5 with the children.

Monday 26 March 2012

We had a full house on Friday, with plenty of excitement. We started settling down by praying the following prayer, which is attributed to John Wesley: I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed for you or […]

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Hidden Secrets: Lent 4 All Age group.

Monday 19 March 2012

Following our slightly confusing pattern of alternating between separate, Friday and All age Sunday groups for Lent, this Sunday found us in St Agnes hall for lunch and study before Mass. The theme for this week looked at penitence and reconciliation, with the gospel being Jesus’ talk to Nicodemus and the Eucharistic reflection focusing on […]

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Being the Body of Christ

Saturday 17 March 2012

Part of our discussion at the last adult Lent group focused on the Communion of Saints again. A comment came back to me this week. It was about how the suffering of members of the Body of Christ effects us. This statement came back to me when listening to a report on the situation in […]

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A New Type of Martyrdom

Friday 16 March 2012

The Catholic Church in these isles has been marked by its historic struggle for survival. Every meal time at Allen Hall I am drawn to the list of martyrs from the Reformation period. I am appalled at the loss and also impressed by their incredible faith. The feelings of suspicion towards Roman Catholics endure in […]

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Cleansing the temple and breaking the Word: Lent 3 with the adults.

Tuesday 13 March 2012

All the things used in the children’s session were left out for the adults to try and work out what the children did. There were some inventive ideas! We began with a prayer, based on the Lord’s Prayer: Father God, Source of life and Love, whose name is more beautiful and full of meaning than […]

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