Sr Miriam McNulty
@srmiriamosb.bsky.social
Benedictine Nun at www.turveyabbey.org.uk
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (H)
HEARTS
When Jesus speaks to the disciples and tells them that their ‘hearts will be full of joy’, I wonder how they understood it. John sets this lengthy discourse around the table of their last meal together.
HEARTS
When Jesus speaks to the disciples and tells them that their ‘hearts will be full of joy’, I wonder how they understood it. John sets this lengthy discourse around the table of their last meal together.
May 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (H)
HEARTS
When Jesus speaks to the disciples and tells them that their ‘hearts will be full of joy’, I wonder how they understood it. John sets this lengthy discourse around the table of their last meal together.
HEARTS
When Jesus speaks to the disciples and tells them that their ‘hearts will be full of joy’, I wonder how they understood it. John sets this lengthy discourse around the table of their last meal together.
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (G)
GLORY
The opening of John’s Gospel weaves together in poetic prose the major theological themes that we will encounter in its pages: life, light, love and glory. It’s hard to explore one without exploring all three.
GLORY
The opening of John’s Gospel weaves together in poetic prose the major theological themes that we will encounter in its pages: life, light, love and glory. It’s hard to explore one without exploring all three.
May 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (G)
GLORY
The opening of John’s Gospel weaves together in poetic prose the major theological themes that we will encounter in its pages: life, light, love and glory. It’s hard to explore one without exploring all three.
GLORY
The opening of John’s Gospel weaves together in poetic prose the major theological themes that we will encounter in its pages: life, light, love and glory. It’s hard to explore one without exploring all three.
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (F)
FILLED
When our parents and godparents presented us for Baptism they did so in the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. As the water was poured over of heads and the chrism anointed our foreheads the Holy Spirit made a home in us.
FILLED
When our parents and godparents presented us for Baptism they did so in the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. As the water was poured over of heads and the chrism anointed our foreheads the Holy Spirit made a home in us.
May 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (F)
FILLED
When our parents and godparents presented us for Baptism they did so in the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. As the water was poured over of heads and the chrism anointed our foreheads the Holy Spirit made a home in us.
FILLED
When our parents and godparents presented us for Baptism they did so in the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. As the water was poured over of heads and the chrism anointed our foreheads the Holy Spirit made a home in us.
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (E)
EMMAUS
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of hearing the Emmaus story. I almost know the text by heart. I’m struck today as I sit to write this reflection just how healing a long walk with a friend can be.
EMMAUS
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of hearing the Emmaus story. I almost know the text by heart. I’m struck today as I sit to write this reflection just how healing a long walk with a friend can be.
May 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (E)
EMMAUS
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of hearing the Emmaus story. I almost know the text by heart. I’m struck today as I sit to write this reflection just how healing a long walk with a friend can be.
EMMAUS
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of hearing the Emmaus story. I almost know the text by heart. I’m struck today as I sit to write this reflection just how healing a long walk with a friend can be.
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (D)
DORCAS
'Peter went back with them immediately, and on his arrival they took him to the upper room, where all the widows stood round him in tears, showing him tunics and other clothes DORCAS had made when she was with them.'
DORCAS
'Peter went back with them immediately, and on his arrival they took him to the upper room, where all the widows stood round him in tears, showing him tunics and other clothes DORCAS had made when she was with them.'
May 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (D)
DORCAS
'Peter went back with them immediately, and on his arrival they took him to the upper room, where all the widows stood round him in tears, showing him tunics and other clothes DORCAS had made when she was with them.'
DORCAS
'Peter went back with them immediately, and on his arrival they took him to the upper room, where all the widows stood round him in tears, showing him tunics and other clothes DORCAS had made when she was with them.'
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (C)
COMMON
‘The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in COMMON.‘
COMMON
‘The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in COMMON.‘
May 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (C)
COMMON
‘The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in COMMON.‘
COMMON
‘The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in COMMON.‘
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (A)
AWE
‘Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples.’
I am struck today at how this text conveys a mix of emotions as it couples ‘awe and great joy’.
AWE
‘Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples.’
I am struck today at how this text conveys a mix of emotions as it couples ‘awe and great joy’.
April 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
EASTERTIDE ALPHABET (A)
AWE
‘Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples.’
I am struck today at how this text conveys a mix of emotions as it couples ‘awe and great joy’.
AWE
‘Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples.’
I am struck today at how this text conveys a mix of emotions as it couples ‘awe and great joy’.
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
John 20:19-31
There’s nothing worse than being with a group of people who are talking about an experience that you haven’t had. There’s only so far that you can go in trying to understand what they are saying and feeling.
John 20:19-31
There’s nothing worse than being with a group of people who are talking about an experience that you haven’t had. There’s only so far that you can go in trying to understand what they are saying and feeling.
April 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
John 20:19-31
There’s nothing worse than being with a group of people who are talking about an experience that you haven’t had. There’s only so far that you can go in trying to understand what they are saying and feeling.
John 20:19-31
There’s nothing worse than being with a group of people who are talking about an experience that you haven’t had. There’s only so far that you can go in trying to understand what they are saying and feeling.
EASTER SUNDAY
John 20:1-9*
I’ve always loved the early morning. I was usually the first up at home and loved to be in school extra early. There is something about the quiet and the dark that prepares me for the day.
John 20:1-9*
I’ve always loved the early morning. I was usually the first up at home and loved to be in school extra early. There is something about the quiet and the dark that prepares me for the day.
April 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
EASTER SUNDAY
John 20:1-9*
I’ve always loved the early morning. I was usually the first up at home and loved to be in school extra early. There is something about the quiet and the dark that prepares me for the day.
John 20:1-9*
I’ve always loved the early morning. I was usually the first up at home and loved to be in school extra early. There is something about the quiet and the dark that prepares me for the day.
HOLY SATURDAY
Holy Saturday is often spoken about as a day of ‘emptiness and numbness’. On one level this is true, but since entering the monastery I have discovered another dimension.
Holy Saturday is often spoken about as a day of ‘emptiness and numbness’. On one level this is true, but since entering the monastery I have discovered another dimension.
April 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
HOLY SATURDAY
Holy Saturday is often spoken about as a day of ‘emptiness and numbness’. On one level this is true, but since entering the monastery I have discovered another dimension.
Holy Saturday is often spoken about as a day of ‘emptiness and numbness’. On one level this is true, but since entering the monastery I have discovered another dimension.
GOOD FRIDAY
Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
Every piece of text in the Good Friday liturgy is heavy with meaning. Pieces of scripture that I may have heard throughout the year have a whole new resonance today. I found it hard to pick just one text. I settled on the text from Hebrews.
Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
Every piece of text in the Good Friday liturgy is heavy with meaning. Pieces of scripture that I may have heard throughout the year have a whole new resonance today. I found it hard to pick just one text. I settled on the text from Hebrews.
April 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
GOOD FRIDAY
Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
Every piece of text in the Good Friday liturgy is heavy with meaning. Pieces of scripture that I may have heard throughout the year have a whole new resonance today. I found it hard to pick just one text. I settled on the text from Hebrews.
Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
Every piece of text in the Good Friday liturgy is heavy with meaning. Pieces of scripture that I may have heard throughout the year have a whole new resonance today. I found it hard to pick just one text. I settled on the text from Hebrews.
April 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Exodus 12:1-8,11-14
John 13:1-15
Each year I am stuck by how much the liturgy invites us to engage our senses during Holy Week. We wave a palm branch, we hear the story of the anointing and can imagine the smell of the perfume filling the house,
Exodus 12:1-8,11-14
John 13:1-15
Each year I am stuck by how much the liturgy invites us to engage our senses during Holy Week. We wave a palm branch, we hear the story of the anointing and can imagine the smell of the perfume filling the house,
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Exodus 12:1-8,11-14
John 13:1-15
Each year I am stuck by how much the liturgy invites us to engage our senses during Holy Week. We wave a palm branch, we hear the story of the anointing and can imagine the smell of the perfume filling the house,
Exodus 12:1-8,11-14
John 13:1-15
Each year I am stuck by how much the liturgy invites us to engage our senses during Holy Week. We wave a palm branch, we hear the story of the anointing and can imagine the smell of the perfume filling the house,
WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Isaiah 50:4-9
Matthew 26:14-25
Today we have Matthew’s telling of the Last Supper. Once again Judas is in full focus and his actions seem inevitable. Those thirty pieces of silver are lodged in our collective imagination through art, poetry and hymnody.
Isaiah 50:4-9
Matthew 26:14-25
Today we have Matthew’s telling of the Last Supper. Once again Judas is in full focus and his actions seem inevitable. Those thirty pieces of silver are lodged in our collective imagination through art, poetry and hymnody.
April 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Isaiah 50:4-9
Matthew 26:14-25
Today we have Matthew’s telling of the Last Supper. Once again Judas is in full focus and his actions seem inevitable. Those thirty pieces of silver are lodged in our collective imagination through art, poetry and hymnody.
Isaiah 50:4-9
Matthew 26:14-25
Today we have Matthew’s telling of the Last Supper. Once again Judas is in full focus and his actions seem inevitable. Those thirty pieces of silver are lodged in our collective imagination through art, poetry and hymnody.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Isaiah 49:1-6
John 13:21-33,36-38
While at supper with his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.
Isaiah 49:1-6
John 13:21-33,36-38
While at supper with his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.
April 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Isaiah 49:1-6
John 13:21-33,36-38
While at supper with his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.
Isaiah 49:1-6
John 13:21-33,36-38
While at supper with his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.
MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Isaiah 42:1-7
John 12:1-11
The anointing at Bethany stops me in my tracks each year. For much of the liturgical year the lectionary leads us through the teaching and miracles of Jesus.
Isaiah 42:1-7
John 12:1-11
The anointing at Bethany stops me in my tracks each year. For much of the liturgical year the lectionary leads us through the teaching and miracles of Jesus.
April 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Isaiah 42:1-7
John 12:1-11
The anointing at Bethany stops me in my tracks each year. For much of the liturgical year the lectionary leads us through the teaching and miracles of Jesus.
Isaiah 42:1-7
John 12:1-11
The anointing at Bethany stops me in my tracks each year. For much of the liturgical year the lectionary leads us through the teaching and miracles of Jesus.
PALM SUNDAY
Isaiah 50:4-7
Philippians 2:6-11
Luke 22:14-23:56
'Each morning he wakes me to hear,
to listen like a disciple.
The Lord has opened my ear.'
As we begin Holy Week the Church invites us on a journey. This week is like no other in the year.
Isaiah 50:4-7
Philippians 2:6-11
Luke 22:14-23:56
'Each morning he wakes me to hear,
to listen like a disciple.
The Lord has opened my ear.'
As we begin Holy Week the Church invites us on a journey. This week is like no other in the year.
April 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
PALM SUNDAY
Isaiah 50:4-7
Philippians 2:6-11
Luke 22:14-23:56
'Each morning he wakes me to hear,
to listen like a disciple.
The Lord has opened my ear.'
As we begin Holy Week the Church invites us on a journey. This week is like no other in the year.
Isaiah 50:4-7
Philippians 2:6-11
Luke 22:14-23:56
'Each morning he wakes me to hear,
to listen like a disciple.
The Lord has opened my ear.'
As we begin Holy Week the Church invites us on a journey. This week is like no other in the year.
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
SATURDAY
Ezekiel 37:21-28
John 11:45-56
'I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and increase them; I shall settle my sanctuary among them for ever.'
SATURDAY
Ezekiel 37:21-28
John 11:45-56
'I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and increase them; I shall settle my sanctuary among them for ever.'
April 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
SATURDAY
Ezekiel 37:21-28
John 11:45-56
'I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and increase them; I shall settle my sanctuary among them for ever.'
SATURDAY
Ezekiel 37:21-28
John 11:45-56
'I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and increase them; I shall settle my sanctuary among them for ever.'
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
FRIDAY
Jeremiah 20:10-13
John 10:31-42
As we get closer to Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in every encounter that Jesus has. He is challenged on every level and his responses only add to the confusion of his hearers.
FRIDAY
Jeremiah 20:10-13
John 10:31-42
As we get closer to Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in every encounter that Jesus has. He is challenged on every level and his responses only add to the confusion of his hearers.
April 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
FRIDAY
Jeremiah 20:10-13
John 10:31-42
As we get closer to Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in every encounter that Jesus has. He is challenged on every level and his responses only add to the confusion of his hearers.
FRIDAY
Jeremiah 20:10-13
John 10:31-42
As we get closer to Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in every encounter that Jesus has. He is challenged on every level and his responses only add to the confusion of his hearers.
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
THURSDAY
Genesis 17:3-9
Psalm 104(105):4-9
John 8:51-59
'The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.'
Using the responsorial psalm verse as a repeated prayer or mantra can often be a very helpful way into the Liturgy of the Word.
THURSDAY
Genesis 17:3-9
Psalm 104(105):4-9
John 8:51-59
'The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.'
Using the responsorial psalm verse as a repeated prayer or mantra can often be a very helpful way into the Liturgy of the Word.
April 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
THURSDAY
Genesis 17:3-9
Psalm 104(105):4-9
John 8:51-59
'The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.'
Using the responsorial psalm verse as a repeated prayer or mantra can often be a very helpful way into the Liturgy of the Word.
THURSDAY
Genesis 17:3-9
Psalm 104(105):4-9
John 8:51-59
'The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.'
Using the responsorial psalm verse as a repeated prayer or mantra can often be a very helpful way into the Liturgy of the Word.
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
WEDNESDAY
Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28
John 8:31-42
In much of John’s Gospel Jesus speaks to people who struggle to understand him. He speaks figuratively and his hearers assume he is being concrete.
WEDNESDAY
Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28
John 8:31-42
In much of John’s Gospel Jesus speaks to people who struggle to understand him. He speaks figuratively and his hearers assume he is being concrete.
April 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
WEDNESDAY
Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28
John 8:31-42
In much of John’s Gospel Jesus speaks to people who struggle to understand him. He speaks figuratively and his hearers assume he is being concrete.
WEDNESDAY
Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28
John 8:31-42
In much of John’s Gospel Jesus speaks to people who struggle to understand him. He speaks figuratively and his hearers assume he is being concrete.
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
TUESDAY
Numbers 21:4-9
John 8:21-30
Each year as we get closer to Holy Week I find that the readings are a little more complex than those we read in the early weeks of Lent. The texts from John’s Gospel ask a little more of me.
TUESDAY
Numbers 21:4-9
John 8:21-30
Each year as we get closer to Holy Week I find that the readings are a little more complex than those we read in the early weeks of Lent. The texts from John’s Gospel ask a little more of me.
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
TUESDAY
Numbers 21:4-9
John 8:21-30
Each year as we get closer to Holy Week I find that the readings are a little more complex than those we read in the early weeks of Lent. The texts from John’s Gospel ask a little more of me.
TUESDAY
Numbers 21:4-9
John 8:21-30
Each year as we get closer to Holy Week I find that the readings are a little more complex than those we read in the early weeks of Lent. The texts from John’s Gospel ask a little more of me.
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
MONDAY
JOHN 8:12-20
As we move towards Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in our Gospel texts. Jesus’ actions are being watched very closely and every word of his teaching is being scrutinised.
MONDAY
JOHN 8:12-20
As we move towards Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in our Gospel texts. Jesus’ actions are being watched very closely and every word of his teaching is being scrutinised.
April 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
MONDAY
JOHN 8:12-20
As we move towards Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in our Gospel texts. Jesus’ actions are being watched very closely and every word of his teaching is being scrutinised.
MONDAY
JOHN 8:12-20
As we move towards Holy Week there is a sense of growing tension in our Gospel texts. Jesus’ actions are being watched very closely and every word of his teaching is being scrutinised.