My prayer life

We try to grow in our awareness that God can be found in all people, in all Creation, actively at work in the world. Our way of praying helps us to pay more attention to God, and helps us understand and identify His actions in our lives and in the world around us.

Where I found God Today

Daily offering

Thought for the day

A wall with graffito and text: New Creation an Easter Retreat

New Creation retreat

Pray as you go

This Sunday

Pope Francis washing feet during Holy Week

Praying with the pope

Novenas

The Examen

Christian Life Community

Pope Francis

Apostleship of Prayer

Today's prayers

Sprouting seeds

This Sunday

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Painting of Jesus with his disciples near Galilee.

This Sunday

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

People holding their hands together over a table covered in laptops

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in June

Altar set out for Mass.

This Sunday

The Body and Blood of Christ, Year B

A mosaic depicting the Old Testament trinity of three angels round a table

This Sunday

Trinity Sunday Year B

Stained glass of a dove with wings outstretched and 11 flames

This Sunday

Pentecost Sunday Year B

A painting by a 19th century artist of the Last Supper, with Jesus in red surrounded by his disciples

This Sunday

7th Sunday of Easter Year B

A man wearing a hat that says 'Love your Neighbour'

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in May

A sculpture of a mother in an embrace with her child

This Sunday

6th Sunday of Easter Year B

Grapes on the vine

This Sunday

5th Sunday of Easter Year B

A shepherd carrying his sheep

This Sunday

4th Sunday of Easter Year B

This Sunday

3rd Sunday of Easter Year B

The Maesta Altarpiece showing Jesus with Thomas and the Apostles.

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Easter Year B

A boy running

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in April

A carpet of spring flowers in a wood

This Sunday

Easter Sunday Year B (and Holy Week)

A palm

This Sunday

Palm Sunday Year B

A painting by Sieger Koder showing Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry his cross.

This Sunday

Fifth Sunday of Lent Year B

An artist sitting in front of a wall of his art

This Sunday

4th Sunday of Lent Year B

Sheep on mountain path

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in March

Painting depicting Jesus driving the lenders from the temple by Bernadino Mei.

This Sunday

3rd Sunday of Lent Year B

Three people on a mountain with light around them

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Lent Year B

Wilderness

This Sunday

1st Sunday of Lent Year B

A painting showing Jesus healing the leper

This Sunday

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Image of sky glimpsed between tall skyscrapers

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in February

An image of a younger woman sitting by bedside of older women in Biblical era dress

This Sunday

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

A man with head bowed in prayer

This Sunday

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

A fishing boat upon a shore

This Sunday

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

A person standing on a hill with arms out.

This Sunday

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

A woman praying in Myanmar

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in January

Painting showing Jesus and Mary on a donkey and Joseph leading the donkey

This Sunday

Christmastide

The Annunciation, painting by J W Waterhouse, a Preraphaelite. Our Lady is on her kneews, the angel holds a lily

This Sunday

4th Sunday of Advent Year B

A painting showing John the Baptist and the people.

This Sunday

3rd Sunday of Advent Year B

A stained glass depicting John the Baptist preaching repentance

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Advent Year B

An older woman

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope In December

A single candle flame

This Sunday

1st Sunday of Advent Year B

Statue of Christ the Redeemer from Brazil

This Sunday

Christ the King Year A

Stained glass depicting the master with his servants.

This Sunday

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

An alarm clock sitting on a table

This Sunday

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Women praying in front of candles

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in November

The skyline of Jerusalem

This Sunday

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

A man and a woman reaching out (both on bicycles)

This Sunday

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

A bronze statue of Caesar

This Sunday

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Banquet laid out

This Sunday

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

A man smiling holding some tools.

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in October

A man holding a stone

This Sunday

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Vineyard.

This Sunday

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Vineyard with grapes.

This Sunday

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Bronze statue of two people hugging

This Sunday

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Two people riding on a cart with hay in it

This Sunday

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

People gathered before the doors of St Ignatius Church

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in September

Cross on a mountain

This Sunday

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Key

This Sunday

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

An painting if Jesus and the canaanite woman with his disciples.

This Sunday

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Mast of a boat against the sky

This Sunday

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Artist at work.

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in August

Clouds

This Sunday

The Transfiguration of Our Lord Year A

A treasure map

This Sunday

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Wheat

This Sunday

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Wheat against blue sky

This Sunday

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Man out hiking with bag sitting resting on hill top

This Sunday

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Credit Josh Applegate via Unsplash

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in July

An artwork showing tiny figures walking along in light and shadow

This Sunday

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Two sparrows resting on a person's hand

This Sunday

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Window with a chalice and host symbol

This Sunday

Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Year A

Old Testament Trinity (Angels at Mamre) by Andrei Rublev.

This Sunday

The Most Holy Trinity Year A

Image of rifle

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in June

Illustrated capital showing Mary and the Apostles with a dove descending

This Sunday

Pentecost Sunday Year A

Sunlight shining across mountain landscape, clouds below

This Sunday

Seventh Sunday of Easter (Ascension) Year A

Apse mosaic of Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, showing Jesus and the Apostles

This Sunday

6th Sunday of Easter Year A

Stone wall at St Beuno's in North Wales

This Sunday

5th Sunday of Easter Year A

Man with head bent over in prayer.

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in May

A shepherd with his flock.

This Sunday

4th Sunday in Easter Year A

Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio

This Sunday

3rd Sunday of Easter Year A

The Incredulity of Thomas by Caravaggio - painting showing Thomas touching Christ's wounds

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Easter Year A

Daffodils in morning sunshine.

This Sunday

Easter Sunday Year A

Palm branches

This Sunday

Palm Sunday, the Sunday of the Lord's Passion Year A

Woman's arm outstretched

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in April

Stained glass depicting Mary, Martha and Lazarus dining with Jesus, St Botolph, Aldgate

This Sunday

5th Sunday of Lent Year A

Painting from c. 1307 Jesus healing the blind man by Duccio, National Gallery (Creative Commons)

This Sunday

4th Sunday in Lent Year A

Sculpture of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Chester Cathedral - part of a fountain, Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

This Sunday

3rd Sunday in Lent Year A

Mosaic of the Transfiguration scene with Jesus, Moses and Elijah

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Lent Year A

Persecuted Christians in Asia

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in March

Painting of Christ in the Wilderness by Ivan Kramskoi

This Sunday

1st Sunday in Lent Year A

Meadow.

This Sunday

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Sculpture in Northern Ireland of two people reaching out across a divide, representing reconciliation after the Troubles.

This Sunday

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

stained glass of Moses and the Law from parish church, Henley on Thames, Lawrence Lew OP, Flickr

This Sunday

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Welcome sign

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in February

Salt. Credit Lawrence Lew OP, via Flickr

This Sunday

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Painting of Jesus giving the sermon on the mount by Károly Ferenczy

This Sunday

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Rain on window, city lights shining (Unsplash)

Daily offering

Offering to the Holy Spirit

Mosaic of Jesus and the disciples fishing, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna

This Sunday

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Holy Spirit as dove from ceiling of Pusey House by Lawrence Lew OP

This Sunday

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in January

And they fell on their knees and worshipped him Unknown C16 via Wikimedia Commons

This Sunday

Epiphany Year A

Thinking Man Unsplash-Brooke Cagle

Daily offering

Offering to your Holy Name

Christmas Cactus Wikimedia Commons

Where I found God today

… in a Christmas cactus

Mary treasured all these things Madonna of the Book Botticelli via Google Art Project

This Sunday

Mary Mother of God Year A

Credit Wikimedia Commons

Where I found God today

… in the holding of hands

The Birth of Christ WikimediaCommons

This Sunday

Christmas Day Year A

Credit John Curnow Wikimedia Commons

Where I found God today

… in preparing for Christmas

Where I found God today

… in a host of memories

They shall call him Emmanuel - St Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs 1728-1779, Credit James Steakley via Wikimedia Commons

This Sunday

4th Sunday of Advent Year A

He will prepare your way before you Credit Sasha Lichtenstein via Unsplash

This Sunday

3rd Sunday of Advent Year A

Credit Ju On via Unsplash

Where I found God today

...in a sentence

Nicolas Poussin: St John baptising in the River Jordan

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Advent Year A

Where I found God today

… in waiting for an answer

Red cross flood rescue Myanmar

This Sunday

1st Sunday of Advent Year A

Credit Neil Turner via Flickr

Where I found God today

… in the right place and time

Remember me when you come into your kingdom Piero di Cosimo The Crucifixion of Christ

This Sunday

The Feast of Christ the King: Year C

Nation will fight against nation Credit Jordy Meow via Unsplash

This Sunday

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Where I found God today

… in delicate seeds glistening

Child Soldier, Ethiopia

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in December

One world One family, Refugees welcome

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in November

Credit Simon Bishop SJ

Where I found God today

...in autumn leaves

a place in the other world Credit NG via Unsplash

This Sunday

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

This Sunday

31st Sunday in Ordinary time Year C

Credit Andrew Small via Unsplash

Where I found God today

...in a cycle ride

Credit Simon Bishop SJ

Where I found God today

… in looking forward and back

The one who humbles himself shall be exalted Credit Steven Estes via Unsplash

This Sunday

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Credit: Graham Horn via Creative Commons

Where I found God today

… in the middle of a typhoon

Will not God see justice done? Credit Scott* via Flickr

This Sunday

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Good people will work well to thank God, not to expect thanks from God

Thought for the day

Work well to thank God

Jesus' healing signs were performed one by one

Thought for the day

Jesus' healing signs

Jesus taught us to pray one by one to his Abba and ours

Thought for the day

Jesus taught us to pray

I do not have to pay for God's love

Thought for the day

I do not have to pay

God loves you and me even if nobody else does

Thought for the day

God loves you and me

God's love for each one of us will outlast the mountains

Thought for the day

Outlast the mountains

'Love one another' is a gift beyond me: I have to pray for it

Thought for the day

I have to pray for it

Where I found God today

… in skeins of pink-footed geese

Once I know myself as God's beloved son or daughter, there is no further to go

Thought for the day

Once I know myself

Hands open and ready

This Sunday

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

"Everything is a gift to me, so everything is mine"

Thought for the day

Everything is a gift to me

If ever Jesus got angry, it was in defence of the gentle people

Thought for the day

In defence of the gentle people

Holy God, please open my eyes to be grateful

Thought for the day

Please open my eyes

Credit Scott Schram via Flickr photosharing

Where I found God today

… in ministering to the sick

Jesus promises 100 fold of mothers, but not of fathers

Thought for the day

100 fold of mothers

For Jesus, just one light - his Father - but many mirrors, himself the first

Thought for the day

Just one light

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed... nothing will be impossible for you

This Sunday

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

God for the Christian is a God whose love is requited in the end

Thought for the day

Love requited in the end

The One and only origin of unconditional love is the abba of Jesus

Thought for the day

Unconditional love

Credit: Pixabay.com

Where I found God today

… in a wonder-full day!

I am already the greatest I will ever be: son or daughter of God

Thought for the day

I am already the greatest

Once I believe God loves me, then my life in God's way begins

Thought for the day

Once I believe God loves me

We do not fall off a tightrope when we still sin, but rather on our faces, forgiven

Thought for the day

Falling on our faces

A splash of colour across building blocks

Where I found God today

... in creative expression

Asking for help from others can be hard

Daily offering

Offering up asking for help

Where I found God today

... in a plea for help

Why I cannot see God: because God is within me, looking out with me through my eyes

Thought for the day

Why I cannot see God

Portrait of a man smiling

This Sunday

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Credit Jane Hellings

Where I found God today

… in solitude

Credit: Wikimedia commons

Where I found God today

… in perfect partners

God may not always like what I am doing, but God always likes me

Thought for the day

God always likes me

All i have is yours, you say to me and I reply to you

Thought for the day

All I have is yours

In the nature of divine love there is always some suffering along the way

Thought for the day

The nature of divine love

Books Credit:Eli Samuelu via Unsplash

Where I found God today

… in recognising your achievements

You cannot serve God and Money Pixabay

This Sunday

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

We do not have to be perfect before our Father will love us

Thought for the day

We do not have to be perfect

African church_Pixabay

Where I found God today

… in learning to trust

Credit Pixabay

Where I found God today

… in bad weather

The lost sheep Credit Vicente Selvas via Wikimedia Commons

This Sunday

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Where I found God today

… in the wonder of nature

Video Journalist

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in October

Where I found God today

… in a yoghurt pot

Credit Jeffrey Kerby via Flickr

Where I found God today

… in a feast of beauty

Credit Eric Patnoudes via Unsplash

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in September

Where I found God today

… in a radiant dewdrop

Great crowds accompanied Jesus

This Sunday

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Where I found God today

...in feeling lucky

"My friend move up higher" Credit Louise Boyle via Flickr

This Sunday

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Thought for the day

Alberto Hurtado SJ

Gate at St Beuno's Credit Simon Bishop

This Sunday

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C

Where I found God today

… in the chaos of everyday life

Where I found God today

… in my mother’s handwriting

Credit Matt Lee via Unsplash

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in August

Our Lady Queen of Heaven

This Sunday

Feast of the Assumption Year C

The kingdom of heaven

Thought for the day

The kingdom of heaven is like a net

Every word of God proves true

Thought for the day

Every word...

To give and not to count the cost

Thought for the day

Teach me lord

Peter Faber on seeking grace

Thought for the day

Seeking grace...

Martha and Mary

Thought for the day

Martha, Martha...

Credit Dave Robinson Unsplash

Where I found God today

... in escaping to the country

See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit Credit: ChenYiChun Unsplash

This Sunday

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

None of us can throw the first stone, since none of us is without sin

Thought for the day

Throw the first stone

Sunshine through the trees

Daily offering

Offering up all of me

St Ignatius and his companions take final vows Credit Maurice Chevallier-Taylor

This Sunday

18th Sunday Year C, The Feast of St Ignatius

No need to fear my own weakness

Thought for the day

Already forgiven

Quechua woman and child, Peru

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in July

Photo by Christopher Sardegna _ Unsplash

Daily offering

Offering up Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

The one who showed him mercy

This Sunday

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

I am sending you out like lambs among wolves Credit: Jens Lelie Unsplash

This Sunday

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head

This Sunday

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C

Wanting forgiveness

Thought for the day

Wanting forgiveness

Grace comes gratis -

Thought for the day

Grace comes gratis -

Locked doors, unlocking hearts?

Where I found God today

... in Locked doors, unlocking hearts?

second person, love returned, thanks, praise, wonder

Thought for the day

Love returned

First person, the love that nobody else loved into being

Thought for the day

Loved into being

Fr Frans van der Lugt SJ...but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it

This Sunday

12th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C

When anyone gives unselfish love, at last it will return

Thought for the day

Unselfish love

Our God is not a lonely god, but is God of happy endings

Thought for the day

A God of happy endings

With God there are no might-have-beens

Thought for the day

No might-have-beens

a homeless man in northampton

Where I found God today

... in celebrating the end of the week

small baby being baptised

Where I found God today

...in baptising babies

Reality is friendly; forgiveness is real

Thought for the day

A friendly reality

Where I found God today

... in Paul

The ultimate reality is forgiveness, and we ignore that fact at our peril

Thought for the day

Ultimate reality

Ice cream sundae from unsplash.com

Where I found God today

...in those who give

Quote from 'Spring' by Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ

Thought for the day

Spring

Every Child born is a child of God - Christians celebrate this

Thought for the day

Children of God

A 'good baby' sleeps at night. Is the other a bad baby? Photo: i_m_not_sleepy___by_cheslah-d6onip6

Thought for the day

A Good Baby

Photo by christian koch on unsplash

Where I found God today

... in the kindness of a stranger

Your faith has saved you. Go in peace

This Sunday

11th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C

Love and forgiveness are one in god

Thought for the day

One in God

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in June

God is not sending us trials, but is helping us to bear them

Thought for the day

Help to bear trials

Where I found God today

...in learning to trust

This Sunday

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my saviour.

Thought for the day

The Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady

A flower set against a yellow and pink sunset

Where I found God today

...in the wonder of nature

Wherever I have got myself to, God is there aswell

Thought for the day

God is there

Older man with beard and glasses reads in a window seat

Where I found God today

...in wise words

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and God beholds you (me, him, her) beautiful

Thought for the day

God beholds you

This Sunday is Corpus Christi

This Sunday

Corpus Christi Year C

Andrej Rublëv HolyTrinity

This Sunday

Trinity Sunday Year C

Spring flowers in a field

Daily offering

Offering what is left

The first bloom of sweetpea at the Hurtado Jesuit Centre

Where I found God today

...in blossoming sweetpea

Dewdrops on blades of grass used courtesy of Unsplash.com

Where I found God today

...in a radiant dewdrop

A puff of smoke over the hills - Photo by Dominik Lange from unsplash.com

Where I found God today

... in a puff of smoke

Photo of a rowing boat pointing towards the sunrise

Daily offering

Offering belated thanks

Being forgiven at all times by God is the foundation of peace - Gerald O'Mahony

Thought for the day

The foundation of peace

Tongues of fire descend upon the apostles

This Sunday

Pentecost Sunday Year C

Praying with the pope

Praying with the pope in May

Jesus is the anchor - image of chain and text

Thought for the day

Jesus our anchor

No one else possesses my world, which i can see from my unique point of view

Thought for the day

My world view

Unsplash

Where I found God today

… in finding my way back

Station from Via Lucis in the catacomb of St Callistus, Rome

This Sunday

2nd Sunday of Easter Year B

The Road to Emmaus by James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum

This Sunday

Easter Sunday Year B

The sun rises over a mountainous forest

Daily offering

Offering up our world

Credit: Unsplash

Praying with the pope

Praying with the Pope in March