Elias Icons: writing and reading an icon of the Sacred Heart

Our Lord's Heart is indeed ineffably beautiful and satisfying: it exhausts all reality and answers all the soul's needs. The very thought of it is almost more than the mind can compass. Teilhard de Chardin S.J.

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Monday, 22 December 2014

When Jesus knocks on the door of our heart

As a Jesuit, of course, the heart is a central idea or theme in Pope Francis's teaching. He is clearing drawing on the Ignatian spiritu...

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

What shall we bring him?

The heart is never too far away from Pope Francis's thoughts and as we journey to Bethlehem this Advent we should pay heed to his words...

From the Cosmic Christ to the Christ in a crib.

As my local parish priest recently reminded us, Advent is a game of two halves In the first two weeks the focus is very much on the secon...

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Advent and the humble heart.

Two things Pope Francis has said recently gives us food for thought. The first was his comment about Raphael's famous fresco of the Sch...

Sunday, 23 November 2014

Feast of Christ the King - of the Universe

The icon may be read an an icon of Christ as King of the Universe. ( As Christ Pantocrator . ) We have blogged about this before, Here, and...

Sunday, 16 November 2014

Feast of St Gertrude the Great

17th C painting in Cistercian Monastery in Tarragona, “You will find me in the heart of Gertrude.” Today is truly a day upon which to...

Saturday, 15 November 2014

An icon of the Sacred Heart for our times?

Walking around a street market in Cardiff yesterday I came across a rather disconcerting scene : one that summed up the modern neglect of th...

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