Love at Christmas Love came down at Christmas,Love all lovely, Love Divine,Love was born at Christmas,Star and Angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godhead,Love Incarnate, Love Divine,Worship we our Jesus,But wherewith for sacred sign? Love shall be our token,Love be yours and love be mine,Love to God and all men,Love for plea and […]

For Whom the Bell Tolls No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s […]

  The Charter for Compassion Compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, with the Golden Rule calling us to treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every human being with justice, equity and respect. The Charter for Compassion was launched in […]

On Ascension Day (Thursday this week) Christians will open Luke’s gospel or his Acts of the Apostles and read the story of the glorious ascension of Christ. The gospel of John also closes with glory – when Jesus calls triumphantly from the cross ‘It is finished’. But it’s hard to think of Jesus’ glory at […]

Who exactly was Jesus? This question was at the heart of the Council of Nicaea, held 1700 years ago this year (in AD 325) and in two councils afterwards. Christians all over the world will be celebrating this anniversary on Tuesday this week (20 May). The question about who Jesus was had become urgent, because […]