Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, St Joseph stands quietly in the pages of the Gospel, and yet his silence speaks volumes. He is not recorded as saying a single word, but his life is full of faithful action. In a world that often celebrates noise, recognition, and self-assertion, Joseph shows us another way: the way of humble obedience. When the angel spoke to him in a dream, Joseph did not argue or delay. He simply rose and did what the Lord asked. He…

Dearest friends, At the well in Samaria, Jesus asks a simple question: “Give me a drink.” What begins as an ordinary encounter becomes a moment of transformation. The woman arrives carrying her water jar, expecting a routine task, but leaves with something far greater — the promise of “living water.” Lent invites us to recognise our own thirst. We often draw from wells that cannot truly satisfy: success, approval, comfort, or distraction. Yet Christ meets us in the ordinary places…

Dearest friends, On March 1st, if it were not a Sunday, we would be celebrating the Feast of St. David. We’re told that St. David’s final words were ‘Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do’. These words are actually taken from his final sermon on the Sunday before he died – he was a prodigious preacher and founded monastic settlements over Wales, the South West of England and even…