Since March 2020, we have been producing and sharing reflections to help everyone spiritualty during difficult times. Saint Jude is the Patron saint of Hope. May these reflections provide hope in difficult times…

REFLECTIONS (2020-2023):

• Flower of Carmel (20 March 2020)
• Acts of Kindness (21 March 2020)
• Finding time for rest (22 March 2020) 
• Saint Jerome (23 March 2020)
• Praying Together (24 March 2020)
• Facebook Live Prayer (25 March 2020)
• Lockdown – Remembering Nature (26 March 2020)
• Those dying alone (27 March 2020)
• Week 1 – Thought (27 March 2020)
• Thomas Merton prayer (28 March 2020)
• Fifth Sunday of Lent (29 March 2020)
• Lockdown – Keeping in touch (30 March 2020)
• Lockdown – a poem of positivity (31 March 2020)
• Community and Prayer (1 April 2020)
• Our Relationship with God (2 April 2020)
• Front line Workers Appreciation (3 April 2020)
• Facebook Live (4 April 2020)
• Palm Sunday (5 April 2020)
• What do we ask God for and why? (6 April 2020)
• Saint Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II (7 April 2020)
• The Early Disciples (8 April 2020)
• A better future? (9 April 2020)
• Good Friday (10 April 2020)
• Holy Saturday (11 April 2020)
• How Easter 2020 taught us so much (12 April 2020)
• Saint Jude – one of the twelve (13 April 2020)
• Saint Bede (14 April 2020)
• A prayer for those with Covid-19 (15 April 2020)
• Hope Reflection (16 April 2020)
• Being a Disciple (17 April 2020)
• Let the Lord fill you with joy (18 April 2020)
• My Lord and My God (19 April 2020)
• Mary and Easter: Part 1 (20 April 2020)
• John 3:16-21 (21 April 2020)
• Cauliflower Cheese (22 April 2020)
• St Jude Mission (24 April 2020)
• Love, Respect and Dignity (25 April 2020)
• Luke 24 analysis (26 April 2020)
• Mary and Easter: Part 2 (27 April 2020)
• The Apostles after the Resurrection (28 April 2020)
• Bread of Life (29 April 2020)
• Saint John Henry Newman (30 April 2020)
• Saint Joseph Feast – the Worker (1 May 2020)
• Helping Others (2 May 2020)
• Luke 24 13-35 (3 May 2020)
• Saint Philip – Apostle (4 May 2020)
• Turn off the TV and open the bible (5 May 2020)
• Statues of Saint Jude (6 May 2020)
• Light and Dark (7 May 2020)
• Coping with Covid-19 (8 May 2020)
• Discovering ourselves in lockdown (9 May 2020)
• Mary and Health (10 May 2020)
• The Early Church, Part 1 (11 May 2020)
• John 15:1-8 (13 May 2020)
• John 15:9-17 (14 May 2020)
• Chatting with God (15 May 2020)
• Saint Simon Stock (16 May 2020)
• John 14: 15-21 (17 May 2020)
• The Early Church, Part 2 (18 May 2020)
• God of Mercy 1 (19 May 2020)
• God of Mercy 2 (20 May 2020)
• God of Mercy 3 (21 May 2020)
• God of Mercy 4 (22 May 2020)
• Songs to help you all (23 May 2020)
• John 14: 15-21 (24 May 2020)
• Prayer as Friendship (25 May 2020)
• Ascension of Jesus (26 May 2020)
• John 17: 11-19 (27 May 2020)
• Prayer for Covid (28 May 2020)
• Voice of God (29 May 2020)
• Pray for Us (30 May 2020)
• Pentecost and the Pandemic (31 May 2020)
• Holy Spirit (1 June 2020)
• The Living Flame of Life and Love for the 21st Century (2 June 2020)
• Mary: woman of the Most Pure Heart (3 June 2020)
• Pray for us (4 June 2020)
• Prayer for people with COVID-19 (5 June 2020)
• Hope in the New Testament (6 June 2020)
• Cancelled Events but a new Outlook (7 June 2020)
• Pray for Us (12 June 2020)
• Saint Isidore (19 June 2020)
• Giving us Strength (26 June 2020)
• New video – Pray Virtually (3 July 2020)
• Saint Thomas Becket (10 July 2020)
• Pray for Us (17 July 2020)
• Pray for us (24 July 2020)
• Pray for Us (31 July 2020)
• God and Service (7 August 2020)
• Something Good (14 August 2020)
• People you meet (21 August 2020)
• Psalms 96.1 (28 August 2020)
• Prayer for COVID (4 September 2020)
• Mary: woman of the Most Pure Heart (11 September 2020)
• James 4:10 (18 September 2020)
• How to feel happier (25 September 2020)
• Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2 October 2020)
• Prayer for COVID (9 October 2020)
• Virtual Feast (16 October 2020)
• Grief in Loss, Hope in Christ (20 October 2020)
• How can Saint Jude help us during the Pandemic? (24 October 2020)
• Carmelite Symbols: The Mountain (30 October 2020)
• Blessed Titus Brandsma – A Martyr For Our Times (13 November 2020)
• John the Baptist, “Prepare the way of the Lord” (29 November 2020)
• Our Lady Immaculate (7 December 2020)
• Reflection on Saint John of the Cross (14 December 2020)
• Advent Journey (20 December 2020)
• Happy Christmas (24 December 2020)
• God is among us (25 December 2020)
• Nurses (8 January 2021)
• Litany to Saint Jude (15 January 2021)
• Walking outside once more (22 January 2021)
• Appreciation to all Postal Workers (29 January 2021)
• These are the Hands (5 February 2021)
• Teacher Appreciation (12 February 2021)
• Funeral Directors Appreciation (19 February 2021)
• Waste Collectors Appreciation (26 February 2021)
• Paramedics (5 March 2021)
• Politicians (12 March 2021)
• Saint Joseph (19 March 2021)
• Holiness(26 March 2021)
• Carers (9 April 2021)
• Testers (16 April 2021)
• Hidden carers (23 April 2021)
• Binmen (30 April 2021)
• Children (7 May 2021)
• Shops & Supermarkets (14 May 2021)
• Frontline worker (21 May 2021)
• God, In Whom I Trust (28 May 2021)
• Saint Jude & Friendship – Part 1 (4 June 2021)
• Saint Jude and Friendship – Part 2 (11 June 2021)
• Reflection on the Letter of Saint Jude – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (18 June – 2 July 2021)
• A leader’s prayer (9 July 2021)
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 July 2021)
• Pandemic Heroes: Sportsmen and women (23 July 2021)
• The Transfiguration (6 August 2021)
• A Prayer for Inner Strength (13 August 2021)
• Carmelite Symbols – The Garden (20 August 2021)
• Saint Paul (27 August 2021)
• A Prayer for our Earth (3 September 2021)
• Carmel and lay spirituality: part 1 (10 September 2021)
• Carmel and lay spirituality: part 2 (17 September 2021)
• Against all odds – a reflection on Blessed Dominic Barberi (24 September 2021)
• Reflections from Fr. Patrick Fitzgerald-Lombard:
  • Introduction
  • 22nd Sunday of the Year (30 August 2021)
  • 23rd Sunday of the Year (6 September 2021)
  • 24th Sunday of the Year (13 September 2021)
  • 25th Sunday of the Year (20 September 2021)
  • 26th Sunday of the Year (27 September 2021)
• Feast of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower (1 October 2021)
• Saint John – the beloved  (8 October 2021)
• Saint Teresa of Avila  (15 October 2021)
• The Apostle to the Apostles (22 October 2021)
• Reflections from Fr. Patrick Fitzgerald-Lombard:
  • Introduction
  • 27th Sunday of the Year (4 October 2021)
  • 28th Sunday of the Year (11 October 2021)
  • 29th Sunday of the Year (18 October 2021)
  • 30th Sunday of the Year (25 October 2021)
• All Saints Sunday (1 November 2021)
• Saints and saints: some random thoughts (5 November 2021)
• Connectivity of History (12 November 2021)
• God’s Universe. (19 November 2021)
• Saint Joseph (26 November 2021)
• Reflections from Fr. Patrick Fitzgerald-Lombard:
  • Introduction
  • 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (8 November 2021)
  • 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (15 November 2021)
  • Christ the King (22 November 2021)
• Saint Andrew (3 December 2021)
• COVID-19 – A call to prayer? (10 December 2021)
• To be a Pilgrim (17 December 2021)
• Feast of the Holy Family (27 December 2021)
• Second Sunday of Christmas (3 January 2022)
• A Ponder for 2022 (7 January 2022)
• Baptism of the Lord (10 January 2022)
• Prayer for Inner Strength (14 January 2022)
• Second Sunday of Ordinary Time – a reflection (17 January 2022)
• A Meditation (21 January 2022)
• God’s love is never lost (28 January 2022)
• Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time – a reflection (31 January 2022)
• Spring brings hope (4 February 2022)
• Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time – a reflection (7 February 2022)
• Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes  (11 February 2022)
• Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time – a reflection (14 February 2022)
• Saint Pope John XXIII and his mission for peace (18 February 2022)
• Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time – a reflection (21 February 2022)
• Saint Jude (26 February 2022)
• Eight Sunday of Ordinary Time – a reflection (28 February 2022
• Ash Wednesday  (2 March 2022)
• To Keep a True Lent (4 March 2022)
• First Sunday of Lent (7 March 2022)
• The Narrative of the Fig Tree (11 March 2022)
• Second Sunday of Lent (14 March 2022)
• Feast Day of Saint Joseph (18 March 2022)
• Third Sunday of Lent (20 March 2022)
• Happy Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord to Mary (25 March 2022)
• Hope (25 March 2022)
• Fourth Sunday of Lent  (27 March 2022)
• The Blue Marble (1 April 2022)
• Fifth Sunday of Lent (4 April 2022)
• The Blue Marble – Part 2 (8 April 2022)
• Palm Sunday – Readings (10 April 2022)
• Palm Sunday – News (10 April 2022)
• Easter Sunday (17th April 2022)
• Easter – a reflection (18 April 2022)
• Readings (19 June 2022)
• Readings (26 June 2022)
• Christmas Traditions (24 December 2023)

REFLECTIONS BY SUBJECT:

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