Ampleforth Abbey Podcast

Are you almost ready to be inspired by the Holy Spirit to begin to renew the face of your local acre of the world?

..& can “she” rely on you?

an insight into a Confirmation weekend retreat for a group of 30 young disciples preparing to receive a new name

& a new relationship with the Holy Spirit..

..are you ready to be inspired by their insights?

In a culture seemingly afraid of losing autonomy and anxious to maintain youth, how does God call us to age gracefully, to aim for wisdom not success, to let go without giving up.

Although it is now more than 50 years since the revision of the Lectionary after Vatican II, there are still many riches to discover. In this short talk, we will reflect on the Gospels which the Church sets before us on the Sundays of Eastertide, and what they might mean for our growing discipleship of the Risen Lord.

We are told in Isaiah that ‘my thoughts are not your thoughts. Your ways are not my ways.’ This is, unsurprisingly, not to our taste. However, in times of distress or confusion, we can draw encouragement from the plentiful signs of God’s bringing new life from apparently hopeless situations.

This home retreat is a meditation on Psalm 118 verse 73 ‘It was your hands that made me and shaped me’ and it will explore themes of creation and resurrection, arising from a lectio divina on this verse.

Often, we can fall back to things that are familiar, just because we are used to doing them or reacting in certain ways. The invitation of the Gospel is to stop, look and evaluate, am I in the right position to make this wisest choice or respond to this situation in the most appropriate manner. If we are not in the place, where God desires us to be, we can end up making bad choices for the wrong reason.

Fr Henry speaks about Padre Pio.

Fr Ambrose: 'Why do your disciples not fast?'

In this Home Retreat, Fr Wulstan explores how Lent can help us to overcome our inner dividedness and strengthen our hope in God.

Fr Bede: Home Retreat: '..Your heart is greater than your wounds..'