Lent 2017

Aidan Mathews retreat, Lent 2017

Lent 2017

Week 4: Gospel reading

March 25, 2017

The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and...

Lent 2017: Week 4

Week 4: Prey

March 25, 2017

In my first year in the senior house at school, the same good-looking Jesuit priest (so recently ordained that we still sometimes addressed him as Mr.) introduced us to the...

Lent 2017: Week 4

Week 4: Pray

March 25, 2017

Do not despair, dear reader. The first definition of “priceless” in any reputable dictionary will tell you that it means “so precious its value cannot be determined”; “of immeasurable worth”;...

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Stillness exercise

March 19, 2017

If you are still here, you are here but not still. That is as good as it gets, alas.

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Gospel reading

March 19, 2017

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he...

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Prey

March 19, 2017

The parables of the hidden treasure and of the pearl of great price in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew were chosen as the evangelical texts of proclamation...

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Pray

March 19, 2017

I grew up in a large and lovely house at the intersection of Ailesbury and Shrewsbury Road, a mile-long boulevard of embassies and mansions (and two interesting if unsolved murders);...

Lent 2017: Week 2

Week 2: Stillness exercise

March 6, 2017

I simply cannot concentrate. But perhaps complex inattention is more fruitful (although I should not be thinking in productive terms) than a rudimentary focus. It is hard to consider infinity...

Lent 2017: Week 2

Week 2: Gospel reading

March 6, 2017

Matthew 13 New International Version (NIV) The Parable of the Weeds Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his...