Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality- Part V Part 1– A Handful of Heretics in The Early Church It was thanks to St.
Part IV- Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality (see Part I- A Handful of Heretics in The Early Church)) I have already suggested
Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality with links to read Part I and Part II The history of Christian spirituality is rather like
Part II- Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality. Part 1- A Handful of Heretics The love that was the mainspring of early Christianity
A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality- Part I of 9 In the fourth century the God-given plan that Jesus introduced to lead people back
Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer happens suddenly, or never happens at all. We kid
I just received a devastating email from a one-time fan to say that in my most recent article, ‘some of the stuff’, I wrote in
I first began to understand certain mystical truths as I prayed at the place where Jesus was crucified on the first Good Friday. I have
The very reason why Christ sent out his love on the first Pentecost day was so that it could enter into all who would receive
My friend and I stood at the bus stop, disappointed and with nothing to do. We could not see the film of our choice at
In 1968 Bishop Casey of Brentwood appointed me director of his retreat and conference centre at Chingford in North London. The centre, otherwise known as
It was after Quietism (1687) was condemned that the faithful were left with a spirituality that was primarily a moral teaching, without the love derived
If I had not been working for several organisations in the USA for the past six years I might have thought Archbishop Vigano’s letters referred
This is the first year that I did not have a Christmas Card from Sr Wendy Beckett. Instead, I had a little note from Sr
Throughout his life St Francis was consumed by a desire to give his life for Christ. This desire burst into an unquenchable flame when he
The heresy of Quietism (1687) involved a complete misunderstanding of the classical mystical authors by various groups of religious enthusiasts that led to all sorts
Love and Happiness It has always been believed that happiness depends on love more than on anything else. The greater the love, the greater the
I am only speaking out now about the scandals in the Church because I remained silent before and contributed to the growth of the pernicious
Celibacy has been the very heart and soul of the inner dynamic life and energy in the Church from the start and the endless source of
I heard a few complaints when it was decided to have a ‘Year of Mercy’. How could anyone complain about a year dedicated to asking
Immediately after the conquest of the Holy Land tens of thousands of pilgrims from the West poured into the land where their Saviour had lived,
Over thirty years ago, by accident rather than by design, I became aware of the terrible sexual scandals that were, in fact, to hit the
