Ampleforth Abbey Podcast

It seems to me that meditation, as John Main taught it, overcomes three foundational illusions that make it almost inevitable that your politics is going to change, your economics is going to be called into question, your socio-economic perspective by which you critique the world will be pretty quickly taken away from you. 

What can we learn from the account of Saint Benedict's life by Gregory the Great? This talk will look at his leaving Rome, his time as a hermit, his different monasteries at Subiaco and Monte Cassino and his death.

Fr Oswald speaks about St Benedict and Care for the Sick

"In our society, and perhaps especially since the Pandemic, care of the sick is becoming a part of everyday life - whether it is parents caring for young children or children coping with elderly parents. In today's Home Retreat, we will reflect a little on St Benedict's thoughts about care of the sick in the monastery, to see what lessons we might draw from his wisdom."

St Benedict quotes from and alludes to the psalms more than any other book of the Scripture. In this retreat I want to speak about the importance of the longest psalm 118 for St Benedict. He assigned it to the Little Hours for Sunday and Monday. He also drew from it something about the structure of liturgical prayer and more importantly still it played a part in  his thinking about monastic vocation, formation and profession. 

Fr Abbot speaks about the recent declaration Fiducia supplicans.

Fr Philip: 'The Son also rises...'

Fr Henry recently celebrated 70 years since he was clothed and became a monk.

This 'under the microscope' episode provides some insight into his remarkable life, as he answers a round of random questions in just a few minutes.

Fr Wulstan speaks on the effect the celebration of Christ's Nativity should have in our lives.

As the Advent season progresses and we say goodbye to 2023, Abbot Robert would like to share a special message with you this Christmas. 

Fr Cedd speaks about an Advent Sermon of St Bernard of Clairvaux