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"I think in religion, it's very important to understand that we're the main person in charge, we cannot delegate our spiritual growth. We cannot ask someone else to do it for us. It's not like a class teacher who is teaching us mathematics or history. When we are told something, this first step is of no importance, if we don't make something out of it and making something out of it is being able to build it in your own life from our center. And usually that means being able to share it somehow with other people. ​" Thomas reflects on the future of religion for him.

Thomas, a meditator from France is responsible for a permaculture project at Bonnevaux Center for Peace.

Learn more about the 2026 WCCM Series 'The Future of Religion' at https://wccm.org/events/the-future-of-religion/

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🌟 📖 Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr Laurence Freeman's Homily

The life-changing gift of meditation is ever-new. We don’t have to look for novelty or get bored with what we have started, because we are always going deeper. With growing confidence, we feel our way forward as we let go of ego-control. We are feeling our way, led ever deeper into the ever-present origin. These talks are from a retreat held at Bonnevaux and led by Laurence Freeman in November 2025.

Watch the first episode for free on WCCM+, WCCM video streaming platform. Subscribe to WCCM+ if you like it.

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In a world where we often scroll, work, or strive to avoid our deepest feelings, contemplative communities like WCCM offer a "bridge." They teach us how to sit with our humanness—our fear, our grief, and our joy—without judgment.

"It’s helped me come back to religion... it’s a bridge between having nothing and being linked back into a community."

Read the full interview here & register for the full series: https://wccm.org/news/taking-off-the-edges-why-the-future-of-religion-is-about-finding-safety/

In this series of teachings, Fr Laurence Freeman connects the earthy #mysticism of Paul with our own inner journey, and explore how it changes the options we face about how we live. The old and the new self, the Mind of Christ, death and resurrection, liberty of spirit, the fruits and gifts of the Spirit, human relationships and life in community – these are some of the threads of Paul’s exuberant and profound vision of living our life as it can be lived.

Watch the first episode for free on WCCM+, WCCM video streaming platform. Subscribe to WCCM+ if you like it.

Learn more at https://wccmplus.org/programs/seeing-what-st-paul-saw

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🌟 📖 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

The Epiphany of the Lord

Laurence Freeman's Homily: Mary, the Holy Mother of God 1st January 2026

Luke 2:16-21

Laurence Freeman Reflects on John Main - Commemmoration on 30th December 2025

Laurence Freeman´s Homily: The Holy Family, 278 December 2025.

Matthew

2:13-15,19-23

Laurence Freeman’s Christmas Day Homily - Contemplative Eucharist from Bonnevaux, France. Christmas Day, John 1:1-18