John-Francis' Blog

Today I heard someone say of the Eucharist: ‘It will be wonderful to receive the wine again’. They were commenting on the way the chalice ha...

Those responsible for the Liturgies of Christmas Day will recall these two aspects of the celebration – the different Masses celebrated thro...

WHY I AM A PROTESTANT I am a protestant because Jesus was. Jesus’ life was one of protest – he protested about abuse of power (Matthew 5.38f...

I was born to an unmarried mother in an emergency nursing home in 1946. She, like others in her situation, had served in the Second World Wa...

I recently heard someone say of a murdered friend: “I’ll always remember her for teaching me that the most important thing in life is to put...

Last night I heard  a priest on TV making light of consuming quatntities of "wine" and having to eat lots of "bread"at t...

The following is the text of an email sent to Rachel Cooke at The Guardian in response to an article on 'understanding the pandemic thr...

It was a sunny spring day in 1978 when, gardening in the vegetable patch at Glasshampton monastery, I first met Raymond Lloyd. He joined me ...

I suppose we are all familiar with Francis view of Creation by which he contemplated Christ in all things – as St. Bonaventure wrote in his ...

In my ministry of supervising such people I listen to the concerns brought by a varied group of men and women, from mostly Anglican and Roma...

Simply written modern Tracts for our Times  (some having informed the writing of The Mystery of Faith ) which  seek to do what it says on th...

As (one of) the oldest members of the (new) Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests I’m conscious of the paradox that at the same time as one’s ...