Did you know that JS Bach’s musical Passion has the potential to comfort the sufferer, and to strengthen our self healing potential and resilience? Bach’s passion is not just a musical masterpiece. It also holds the potential to console us in times of trouble. This online retreat, born of our “sheltering in place”, invites you to both: a time to tend to your sorrows, and to be consoled by the Divine power of Bach’s Passion. Each day, you will receive a brief meditation on an Aria, recitative or chorus in the Passion, a link, to listen and meditate on the piece yourself, as well as some tender guidance to visit your places of sorrow without getting lost in them. This will not be a music lesson, but rather a way to face your own passion journey with all senses, facilitated by lyrics and music which transcend place and time.

The deep origins of Christianity are in the desert. Also the origins of monasticism came from Christians walking into the desert, away from the distractions and comfort of urban society.  This Lent, we invite you to reflect on the spiritual journeys and wisdom of those desert Elders.  What knowledge can these gentle and severe extremists bring us for our own life journeys?