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Sunday 28 September 2025.

Contemplative Eucharist from Bonnevaux

Gospel Luke 16:19-31

Meditation doesn’t destroy desire, but it does transform desire. It puts you into touch with what you really want. In quite a radical way of sorting and simplifying ourselves, it puts you back into touch with your basic need, which is your basic desire. Then joy springs up.

Audio: Hamish

Photo: Unsplash (Darius Baschar)

Sunday 14 September 2025, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Contemplative Eucharist from Bonnevaux

Celtic Christianity was one of the most vibrant expressions of the Christ-event in history. In this interview, Fr Jim, parish priest & Cinzia Angius, parish manager at Balally Parish, Dublin share their reflections on what makes Celtic Wisdom relevant today, why Balally is a contemplative parish and on this year's John Main Seminar theme 'The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century'. Learn more at https://wccm.org/jms2025/

Beyond Success & Failure by Laurence Freeman

Luke 14:25-33 - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily by Laurence Freeman, Contemplative Eucharist from Bonnevaux, France

This is the first of a four-part series of talks in which Laurence Freeman draws on the wisdom of the early desert teachers as a contemporary way of understanding the human condition. The mothers and fathers of the early Christian desert combined spiritual insight with sharp psychological perception. You can watch the full collection at https://wccmplus.org/programs/the-eight-big-problems-of-life

Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:

"Meditation reveals human equality (We're all distracted) as well as our uniqueness: we are all called to be clear and to be calm."

Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

#booklaunch #wccmbooks #laurencefreeman #tastingwisdom #contemplativeleaders #christianmeditation #twseries

John Deane Irish poet and novelist is the founder of Poetry Ireland, Ireland ‘s National Poetry Society, and its journal “The Poetry Ireland Review”.

"I believe a good artist stands between God and Humanity and tries to link it"

John will be one of the speakers at the next John Main Seminar at Balally Parish, Dublin, Ireland 5 to 9 November, where speakers will explore the reappearance of Celtic Christian wisdom today at a critical moment for human evolution - more info at wccm.org/jms2025

Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:

"We can feel this fullness of being, pressing, wanting to be released through all that life continually presents to us. And although we may think we want to be fully alive, sometimes we resist it as well because it will change us."

Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

#booklaunch #wccmbooks #laurencefreeman #tastingwisdom #contemplativeleaders #christianmeditation #twseries