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All the Hallows
People used to think I was a ghost. As I took my early morning walk around the Convent in winter, dressed in a dark habit, with a black...
Nov 3, 2021
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What are you seeking?
While reading a book recently, I came across the question ‘What are you seeking?’. Well, the proper answer is God. Isn’t that who we are...
Oct 25, 2021
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Receive
How many Sparrows have you seen recently? I was spellbound one afternoon in Whitby when there where clouds of small birds (some, but not...
Oct 21, 2021
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Harvested.
Dwelling at Ditchingham, we were very close to the land, to the yearly round of the farming year, and harvest meant actually that: the...
Oct 18, 2021
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Saved
Michaelmas (September 29th) brought Sisters Sheila and Elizabeth to Norwich for a meeting, following which they were planning to see the...
Oct 11, 2021
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Horrible?
Anyperson felt deep down that they were horrible; they could never get anything right, and were bound to mess up. It wasn’t pleasant to...
Sep 29, 2021
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Our.
Have you ever prayed the Lord’s Prayer … slowly? Taking time to ponder and really pray the words? It’s an amazingly powerful prayer, when...
Sep 23, 2021
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Love is …
During our retreat I was praying with Jesus’ summary of the law (Matthew 22:35-40) – love the Lord your God with all your heart/soul/mind...
Sep 13, 2021
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Disgusting?
Simon had worked all night with his partners, trying to catch the fish they sold in their business. Despite their experience, they had...
Sep 8, 2021
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Community
When I first joined CAH, the annual Summer retreat for the Community used to take place over the end of August and beginning of...
Sep 6, 2021
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Changing
Looking back 20-odd years ago to the late 1990s, there was a different world. Climate Change had been heard of, but was still...
Aug 23, 2021
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Digging for Treasure
Anyperson had taken over an allotment which hadn’t been used for some time. A lot of digging was involved, clearing the weeds and...
Aug 2, 2021
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Who are you?
When I joined the Noviciate, all my fellows Novices came from the North, so as I came from Norfolk and our Novice Guardian from Suffolk,...
Jul 21, 2021
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God’s Glory
I was going to start this blog piece by writing about our Community day, which didn’t happen as I was ‘pinged’ by the NHS Covid app that...
Jul 15, 2021
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I Desire Mercy
Jesus called Matthew to follow him: Matthew, a despised tax collector, one who collaborated with the Roman occupiers of Judea. One who...
Jul 6, 2021
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Doubting Thomas
My name is Doubting Thomas; it is how generations of people know me: the one who didn’t believe in the Resurrection of my Master. Yet I’d...
Jun 28, 2021
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'The Love of Christ constraineth her'
Walking through Norwich brings up regular links with our history; through streets where we had houses, past churches where we used to...
Jun 22, 2021
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Creation
In Psalm 148 there is an increasing crescendo of praise to God. Starting with the heavens, angels, sun, moon and stars, there follows the...
Jun 15, 2021
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The Problem of the Backpack.
Anyperson had a backpack; not your normal kind of backpack that comes off, that you can put objects in, but a backpack that was attached,...
Jun 14, 2021
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Thankfulness
Walking down the corridor at the old Convent you were greeted by texts, painted by one of our early Sisters, and later re-painted by one...
Jun 10, 2021
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