Ampleforth Abbey Podcast

Epizódy

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  Home Retreat: Fr Henry ' 'St Augustine' 12.09.2026 15min

  'A retreat is always an invitation to conversion. It would be difficult to find a better guide on the way of conversion than the greatest of concerts, perhaps also the greatest of Christian theologians, St Augustine of Hippo.'
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  Home Retreat: Fr Cedd - 'Fear and Fear' 09.09.2026 18min

  Link to the Discourse of St Dorotheus of Gaza: https://www.ampleforthabbey.org.uk/sites/default/files/2026-09/dorotheus-discourse-4.pdf
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  Home retreat: Fr Bede "The only difference is that now I know the answer to the question.." the sting of Obedience 29.08.2026 29min

  Download the text of this Home Retreat: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QekKn_LA17OUOiI2CPje0jbaJA7DYjJ6/view?usp=drivesdk
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  Home Retreat: Fr Gabriel - 'Mary Queen of Heaven in the Glory of all the Saints' 22.08.2026 13min
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  Home Retreat: Fr Phillip - ' Too clever by half...or humbly wise?' 15.08.2026 11min

  Fr Phillip delivers this weeks Home retreat titled: ' Too clever by half... or humbly wise?'
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  Home Retreat: Fr Wulstan - ' Where is Life?' 08.08.2026 12min

  Fr Wulstan delivers this weeks home Retreat titled: ' Where is Life?'
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  Home Retreat: Fr Luke - 'The Annunciation' 01.08.2026 21min

  Fr Luke gives this weeks Home Retreat titled: 'The Annunciation' Reference picture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AYfNVyRxz7wZyQKfj4IxESR1Yj_FXDxo/view?usp=sharing
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  Home Retreat: Fr Chad - 'The wedding homily never given' 25.07.2026 13min

  'Over the years I've preached homilies at about fifty weddings. There are things I've thought of saying, decided to avoid, but still saved. This is an attempt to bring all those together in one imagined homily.'
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  Home Retreat: Fr Christopher - ' The Holiness of Falling in Love' 18.07.2026 14min

  'St Francis invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants to us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness. Beyond the language of mathematics and biology he takes us to the heart of what it is to be human….. just as happens when we fall in love with someone.' - Laudato Si 12 Suggested Timetable: (But do make your own) 11.00 Talk – 11.30 Read through the talk again. 11.45 Coffee break 12.00 – 13.00 Remember a time you experienced ‘being in love’. ...
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  Home Retreat: Abbot Robert - 'Who do you think you are?' 11.07.2026 13min

  Abbot Robert gives this weeks Home Retreat titled: 'Who do you think you are?'
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  Home Retreat: Fr Oswald - 'Independence Day?' 04.07.2026 22min
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  Fr Richard - 'Thoughts on Magnifica Humanitas' 03.07.2026 19min

  On Monday 25th May Pope Leo released his first encyclical entitled: Magnifica Humanitas. In this Home Retreat Fr Richard shares his reactions.
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  Home Retreat: Fr Henry - 'The Lord's Prayer' 03.07.2026 14min
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  Fr Phillip 'Tales of the Unexpected' 31.01.2026 7min
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  Fr Wulstan 'To Prefer Nothing to the Love of Christ' 24.01.2026 7min

  The Passing of Our Holy Father St Benedict, as described by St Gregory the Great in his Dialogues, reminds us of what is central to our lives as Christians and specifically to any such life guided by the teaching of St Benedict, namely learning to prefer nothing whatever to the love of Christ, so that in purity of heart we might be brought to the vision of God.
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  Fr Abbot Robert 'A LIFE WORTH FIGHTING FOR' 20.12.2025 13min
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  Home Retreat: "What Are We Fighting For?" by Fr Abbot Robert 27.09.2025 15min
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  Home Retreat: 'The Desire for God and the Gift of His Peace' by Fr Wulstan 02.08.2025 10min

  This Home Retreat explores how we might come to find true rest in God.
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  Home Retreat: 'St Joachim and Anne' by Fr Luke 26.07.2025 17min
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  Home Retreats: 'John Chapman OSB' by Fr Chad 24.07.2025 16min