'Over the years I've preached homilies at about fifty weddings. There are things I've thought of saying, decided to avoid, but still saved. This is an attempt to bring all those together in one imagined homily.'

'St Francis invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants to us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness. Beyond the language of mathematics and biology he takes us to the heart of what it is to be human….. just as happens when we fall in love with someone.' - Laudato Si 12

Suggested Timetable: (But do make your own)

11.00 Talk –

11.30 Read through the talk again.

11.45 Coffee break

12.00 – 13.00 Remember a time you experienced ‘being in love’.

How would it be to be in love with the natural world, or even a small part of it?

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 – 16.00 Siesta/Leisure/Gardening

16.00 Tea break

16.15 – 18.00 Go through Ps. 103/4 and either imagine or find pictures to illustrate it.

18.00 Vespers Live stream from the Abbey

18.30 Supper break

20.15 Compline Live stream from the Abbey

Abbot Robert gives this weeks Home Retreat titled: 'Who do you think you are?'

On Monday 25th May Pope Leo released his first encyclical entitled: Magnifica Humanitas. In this Home Retreat Fr Richard shares his reactions.

The Passing of Our Holy Father St Benedict, as described by St Gregory the Great in his Dialogues, reminds us of what is central to our lives as Christians and specifically to any such life guided by the teaching of St Benedict, namely learning to prefer nothing whatever to the love of Christ, so that in purity of heart we might be brought to the vision of God.