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House of Prayer - Colwyn Bay
2 February 2022The House of Prayer is a place of spiritual renewal, where those who come can find God in an atmosphere of love, prayer, healing and peace. We offer space for a break from the busy-ness of life, a time to rest and ‘let go’ of the burdens of everyday life. more ... -
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Easter Reflection 2 2021
4 April 2021Today, we begin the Easter Season, our 50-day meditation on the mystery of Christ's Resurrection. Each of the four Gospels tells us that Jesus' empty tomb was first discovered by women. This is notable because in 1st-century Jewish society, women could not serve as legal witnesses. In the case of John's Gospel, more ... -
Easter Reflection 1 2021
3 April 2021He is Risen. We proclaim these words to one another in the joy of Easter. It is a time of new beginningsas we recall the Easter vigil’s rituals: theblessingof the new fire, of the new water, of the newly baptized and the lighting of the paschal candle. The Easter dawn that awakened you softens into the brightness of day. Liturgical celebrations complete, we remain more ... -
Good Friday 2021
2 April 2021I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall from the skies. more ... -
Holy Thursday 2021
1 April 2021It is a profound expression of Christs’ love among us and in spite of our weaknesses and limitations God continues to love us. For me, this is the essence of Holy Thursday; that God who is one hundred percent human and one hundred percent divine, shared his precious banquet with us, for us to be reconciled and save from all our defilement. Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist as spiritual nourishment because he loves us. God's whole plan for our salvation is directed to our participation in the life of the Trinity, the communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. more ... -
World Day for Consecrated Life 2021
2 February 2021Simeon, so Saint Luke tells us, “looked forward to the consolation of Israel” (Lk2:25). Going up to the Temple as Mary and Joseph were bringing Jesus there, he took the Messiah into his arms. The one who recognized in that Child the light that came to shine on the Gentiles was an elderly man who had patiently awaited the fulfilment of the Lord’s promises. more ... -
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Easter Sunday 2019
23 April 2019Mary of Magdala walked, sometimes stumbling as the tears, which had been flowing since the terrible events of Friday, clouded her vision. On she went, past the city walls where the tombs of the honoured ancestors slept, stumbled blindly past them to where her beloved was buried. more ... -
Good Friday 2019
18 April 2019They called him the good thief; and someone, somewhere at some time gave him the name Dismas. It is a dismal sounding name. Perhaps, I thought, it is so because of the sadness of his life? I only recently learned Dismas is a name given to him in the gospel of Nicodemus, an apocryphal writing, and the name means sunset or death. We do not know his age or his village. We do not know his crime, although over the centuries he has been called the good thief. more ...
