Weekend Retreat with Bishop David Hamid When:Friday-Sunday, 3-5 May 2019 Starting on the Friday evening, Bishop David will lead a series of workshops, discussions and meditations. There will be evening and morning worship, and time for personal reflection. The weekend will conclude with Holy Communion on the Sunday morning. More details are given below. Where:Salesians […]
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Santa Margarita Christmas Raffle
RAFFLE TICKETS are available now, with the draw to take place after the Christmas carol service on 16 December. €2/ticket; DO buy your tickets NOW and take some books to sell to friends. Star prizes are: VOUCHER for a round of golf for two people from Celtic Manor Golf Course, Wales. FLIGHT around the island […]
Theme for Sunday, 4 November 2018 – All Saints
Scripture for All Saints day: Wisdom 3.1-9; Psalm 24.1–6; Revelation 21.1–6a; John 11.32–44 (Jesus raises Lazarus) What’s the opposite of love? Some would say: hate. Others would say: indifference. Archbishop Michael Curry, of the Episcopal Church in the USA, suggested recently that the opposite of love is not hate, nor even indifference, but self-centredness. He […]
Theme for Sunday, 28 October 2018
Scripture for this Sunday (celebration of the Apostles Simon & Jude): Isaiah 28.14-16; Psalm 119.89-96; Ephesians 2.19-22; John 15.17-27 There’s a ‘For Sale’ sign on the hotel Rocamar, in Mahón, which has been empty for years, and appears nowadays to be occupied solely by pigeons, rats and cockroaches. Every time that I see it, I […]
Boredom & The Meaning Of Life – Rev Giles Fraser
From the BBC Radio 4 ‘Thought For The Day’ on 27 September 2018. The original version of this may be found (and heard, for those in the UK) at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06m8k80 Last week, at the National Cathedrals Conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury spoke of his priorities for those attending services. “The first thing I want is […]
Readings for November 2018
Readings for the principle services of Holy Communion on Wednesdays & Sundays in November. Also included are the weekly prayers for the various communities in Menorca, part of our local cycle of prayer. 2 November – observance of All Souls (evening) Psalm 23; Wisdom 3.1-9; John 6.37-40 4 November – All Saints Sunday Wisdom 3.1-9; Psalm […]
Theme for Sunday, 21 October 2018
Scripture for this Sunday: Job 38.1-7,34-41; Psalm 104.1-10,26,35c; Hebrews 5.1-10; Mark 10.35-45 What is the ultimate prayer? A lady in hospital told me, some years ago, that it is, “Your will be done.” She was dying of congestive heart failure, and she knew it – so this was a bold statement of faith and vulnerability. In some […]
Theme for Sunday, 14 October 2018
Scripture for this Sunday: Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31 Some 25 years ago, well before I was ordained to the priesthood, I served as a lay assistant, a chalice bearer in an Episcopal church in California. One Sunday, a young man – a teenager – came to the altar to receive […]
Theme for Harvest Thanksgiving – 7 October 2018
Scripture for Harvest Thanksgiving this year: Joel 2.12-27; Psalm 126; 1 Timothy 6.6-10; Matthew 6.25-33 “Consider the lilies of the field …” Our culture apparently seeks to outdo the lilies and Solomon’s finery, because we buy a vast amount of clothing, of which much is never worn. In Britain, 235M items of clothing went to […]