The impressive doorway at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. #Abbey #Benedictine #archtecturalphotography #photographer #monastery
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The impressive doorway at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. #Abbey #Benedictine #archtecturalphotography #photographer #monastery
A woman kneeling in a church pew, praying. The text reads: “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”
#Benedictine, #challenge, #compassion, #forgiveness, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #LentPractices, #love, #mercy, #newlife, #Pharisee, #TaxCollector, #trust Humility and mercy, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
Two women sitting at a table talking over a laptop. The text reads: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart…You must love your neighbour as yourself.”
#Attention, #attentiveness, #Benedictine, #challenge, #Commandments, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #neighbour, #newlife, #Respect, #trust Paying attention to the call to love, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
Two young women looking at each other, one bis listening to the other. The text reads: “Listen to my voice, then I will be your God and you shall be my people.”
#Attention, #attentiveness, #Benedictine, #challenge, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #listening, #listeningheart, #love, #newlife, #Sincerity, #trust Attentive listening, new Lent blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
A graffiti style painting on a white wall. It is of a stick figure with a sad face holding a red heart in their hands. The text reads: “And now we put our whole heart into following you, into fearing you and seeking your face once more. Do not disappoint us; treat us gently, as you yourself are gentle and very merciful.”
#Attentive, #attentiveness, #Benedictine, #challenge, #Christlike, #compassion, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #mercy, #newlife, #trust paying attention to relationship, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
A woman’s hand reaching out to pick up a bunch of lavender. The text reads: “God gave her such an abundance of loving-kindness…”
#Benedictine, #challenge, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #lovingkindness, #newlife, #Peacemakers, #reconciliation, #StFrancescaRomana, #stfrancesofrome, #trust Called to be peacemakers, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
8 Mar 1555: Royal licence granted to Sir Thomas Pope to found Trinity College #Oxford #otd on site of former #Benedictine #Durham College (TCO)
A benefactor of, among others, Edmund Campion who preached at his funeral in 1559.
8 Mar 1639: Anne Cary [Clementia], #Benedictine founder of #English convent in #Paris, enters religious life in Cambrai #otd Daughter of the writer Lady Elizabeth Cary Tanfield & Falkland Lord Deputy of #Ireland.
Biographer of her mother #InternationalWomensDay
A brown stone with a heart shape eroded on its side. It’s lying on blue water and is reflected in the water. The text reads: “O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.”
#Attention, #attentiveness, #Benedictine, #challenge, #gospel, #heart, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #listen, #listeningheart, #love, #newlife, #trust Learning to be attentive, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/2...
Binham Priory, north Norfolk, was a Benedictine monastery, with the nave becoming the parish church of St Mary after the Reformation #norfolk #churches #priories #benedictine #monastic #monks #reformation #history #heritage #architecture #romanesque #gothic #medieval #light #benchends #windows
Two women hugging. The text reads: “What god can compare with you: taking fault away, pardoning crime, not cherishing anger for ever but delighting in showing mercy?”
#attentiveness, #Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #Delight, #Gift, #gospel, #GospelLiving, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #love, #Micah, #newlife, #prophet, #trust The gift of mercy, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/2...
A collection of multi coloured pebbles and rocks. The text reads: “It was the stone rejected by the builders that became the keystone.”
#Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #Christ, #gospel, #Hope, #Keystone, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #Marginal, #Margins, #newlife, #trust called to the margins, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
A person wiping dust off their hands. The text reads: “If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead.”
#Abraham, #Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #generosity, #gospel, #GospelLiving, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #Lazarus, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #LentPractices, #love, #newlife, #trust Learning generosity, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...
Would anyone be interested in a #Benedictine #Wesleyan #Breviary ? ( #Prayerbook )
Thinking about making this available for others.
A black paper heart being passed from one hand to another. The text reads: “Anyone who wants to be great amongst you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave...”
#Benedictine, #BenedictineSpirituality, #Blessing, #challenge, #gospel, #GospelLiving, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #LentPractices, #love, #newlife, #RuleOfStBenedict, #trust A gospel blessing, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/2...
Photo of someone’s hands holding a smartphone. The text reads: “The greatest among you must be your servant. Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
#Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #Discipleship, #gospel, #GospelLiving, #GospelValues, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #love, #newlife, #Servant, #service, #SocialMedia, #trust Looking beyond appearances, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/2...
A man in a black jacket on wooden steps looking down towards a stormy sea. The text reads: “Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name you are mine. Should you pass through the sea I will be with you; or through rivers, they will not swallow you up.”
#Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #Christ, #Christlike, #fearless, #gospel, #GospelLiving, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #love, #newlife, #Redeem, #RedemptiveLove, #trust Learning to live fearlessly, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/2...
2 Mar: d. St Joavan c.562, an #Irish monk and bishop at Landévennec Brittany (© Rolf Krahl / CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) - shows the later #Benedictine monastery on the site)
PETER the DEACON 1666 VIRIS ILLUSTRIBUS CASINENSIBUS 1st MONTE CASSINO ABBEY
#rarebooks #antiquarian #17thcentury #history #lives #monks #MonteCassino #Benedictine #Abbey #bookauction
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A grey door, in a stone wall. The door is slightly ajar. The text reads: “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Ask, and it will be given to you, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.’”
#ask, #Beginnings, #Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #Christlike, #Discipleship, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #newlife, #trust the blessing of learning to ask, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?p=…
A back view of a woman with long hair holding a seashell to her ear. The text reads: “Up!…Go to Ninevah, the great city and preach to them as I told you to”
#Benedictine, #challenge, #Disciples, #Discipleship, #gospel, #Hope, #Jonah, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #listening, #love, #newlife, #Obedience, #trust Developing a habit of listening, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?p=…
A row of lit candles against a dark background. The text reads: “Forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us.”
#Beginnings, #Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #newlife, #OurFather, #prayer, #SecondChance A second chance, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?p=…
Tea being pored from a black teapot into white ceramic mugs. The text reads: “I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these sisters and brothers of mine, you did it to me.”
#Beginnings, #Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #Christ, #Christlike, #Disciples, #Discipleship, #fruit, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #love, #newlife, #service, #trust Called to serve, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?p=…
22 Feb 1582: Robert Sayer admitted to the #English College #Rome #otd In Dec 1589 as Gregory, #Benedictine he would become the first new #English #monk since Henry's break with #Rome (BM)
A dusty desert valley. The text reads: “Then the devil left him, and angels appeared and looked after him.”
#angels, #Beginnings, #Benedictine, #Blessing, #challenge, #gospel, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #love, #newlife, #temptations, #trust, #Wilderness Facing hard beginnings, new blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?p=…
21 Feb: feast of St Peter Damien (c. 1007- c.1072/3) #Benedictine Cardinal, reformer, proponent of hermitical life #otd
#Benedictine, #burningbush, #challenge, #Encounter, #gospel, #HolyGround, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #LentPractices, #love, #Moses, #newlife, #SacredSpace, #trust
#Benedictine, #burningbush, #challenge, #Encounter, #gospel, #HolyGround, #Hope, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #Lent, #Lent2026, #LentPractices, #love, #Moses, #newlife, #SacredSpace, #trust Finding Sacred space. New blog post on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...