Like most European Catholics I was born and brought up in the aftermath of the Renaissance influenced by a spirituality that owed as much
In his book, Small is Beautiful, Schumacher said,”Although people go on crying out for solutions, they become angry when they are told that the restoration
I found myself placed next to a high powered High Court Judge at a dinner party in one of the most exclusive clubs in London.
Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer suddenly happens, or never happens at all. We kid
There may be evidence for a Big Bang, but there is no evidence that there was simply nothing, ‘no- thing’ whatsoever before it. What went
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
Did you know that you can’t really pray without distractions? Don’t take my word for it, take the word of St Teresa of Avila. When
When Helen, said to be the most beautiful woman in Greek antiquity fled with her lover to Troy, she did not receive the reception that
A hermit I know used to say, “When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be
The Message First Delivered to Poor Shepherds Of the whole gamut of myths, legends and fairy tales that have been told in human history, not
When the Crusaders opened up the Holy Land to pilgrims, they set the scene for a new dawn in Christian Spirituality in the twelfth century.
Almost 25 years ago, I spent Christmas with a family who had one son who was adored by everyone. However, that Christmas there was another
A Reflection on the Vatican’s document on New Age Spirituality. The Vatican document on New Age Spirituality is subtitled, Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water
My family used to spend their summer holidays in our little cottage on the Yorkshire moors just below the mighty Ingleborough, which was the nearest
Although Jesus was full of love and could communicate it to others whilst He was on earth, God’s plan was initially limited. In other words,
I thought I had overcome my addiction to athletics, but the Olympic games in Rio reawakened it, so I spent most of the last weekend glued
Recently I wrote about the sacred touch used by the first Apostles and their successors to hand down the love that had been received by
Some time ago, I was speaking about what I called Mystical Premonitions or Touches of God when one of the audience asked, “Are we talking about something that
In 1986 the Sea of Galilee receded during a drought exposing an ancient fishing boat, 27 feet long by 7.5 feet wide. It was taken
Forty years ago I was challenged by a Canoness. I had just finished a weekend course on personal prayer at the retreat centre that I ran
When I first decided to spend my life searching for God I visited the great Carthusian monastery, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Parkminster in Sussex with the
I am supposed to be a spiritual theologian, at least that’s what some people call me, but sometimes I feel that I know nothing at
