The temperature has dropped in this part of the world over the past couple of days and the pond at Aylesford had chunks of ice floating on the surface today.
Aylesford, the Carmelite Priory confiscated by King Henry VIII and re-acquired by the Carmelites in 1949, was the home of St Simon Stock who received the vision of Our Lady, granting him the brown scapular which is worn, in miniature form, by Catholics all over the world. I always love to visit the Priory which is a mixture of ancient and modern buildings, the home of a community living and working in the service of the gospel.
A forty minute drive in the coach took us there from Blackfen today for a "Christmas Lunch" organised by the Union of Catholic Mothers. I know it is still Advent but these occasions are a good way for people to get together, spend a day out safely, and enjoy a good lunch in good company. I'll admit that I did doze a little on the coach on the way back but I think I was not the only one.
The temperature has dropped in this part of the world over the past couple of days and the pond at Aylesford had chunks of ice floating on the surface today.
Aylesford, the Carmelite Priory confiscated by King Henry VIII and re-acquired by the Carmelites in 1949, was the home of St Simon Stock who received the vision of Our Lady, granting him the brown scapular which is worn, in miniature form, by Catholics all over the world. I always love to visit the Priory which is a mixture of ancient and modern buildings, the home of a community living and working in the service of the gospel.
A forty minute drive in the coach took us there from Blackfen today for a "Christmas Lunch" organised by the Union of Catholic Mothers. I know it is still Advent but these occasions are a good way for people to get together, spend a day out safely, and enjoy a good lunch in good company. I'll admit that I did doze a little on the coach on the way back but I think I was not the only one.
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Cold enough for a bit of ice in the pond? Try a balmy -20C here today with a promise of temp's to fall below -40 over the next few days.
If Jesus had been a Canadian, it wouldn't require any sort of miracle to walk upon the water... we can do it four or five months of the year in my region of the country.
Your (cold) Canadian brother,
Fr. Tim Moyle
Good to hear from you, Father. I have been outside in -20 temperature (Austrian mountains) just the once and would not want to repeat the experience. I hope you are surviving it all OK. Here in England, everything will grind to a halt when we have the first dusting of snow...
Aysleford must look so beautiful in the snow.
We like to get down there once a month for Mass, the Rosary walk and some delicious apple strudel and carrot cake.
Just wait until you get the snow that has been dumped on our heads overnight in large parts of the Netherlands. They do say it's moving west...
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