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fr Robert Verrill is the Prior of Blackfriars, Cambridge, and teaches philosophy at Blackfriars, Oxford.
robert.verrill@english.op.org

Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10;Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6;Luke 16:19-31 Life as a Dominican friar is really pretty comfortable. We get to wear

Deut. 30:15-20, Ps. 1:1-4,6, Lk. 9:22-25 Lent is a time in the liturgical year especially associated with repentance. By repenting, we

I recently saw the film Pleasantville for the first time. It's about two 1990's teenagers, David and Jennifer, who are

I'm afraid I have to own up to the fact that before I joined the Dominican Order, I knew very

In our last blog post on blessings, we reflected on how blessings may play a bigger role in our daily

1 Jn 1:5-2:2, Ps 123:2-5,7-8, Mt 2:13-18 The Feast of the Holy Innocents is a powerful reminder of the great challenge

Isaiah 52:7-10, Psalm 97:1-6, Hebrews 1:1-6, John 1:1-18 God became man so that men might become gods. These words of St

Readings: Isaiah 48:17-19, Ps 1, Matthew 11:16-19 If you want to live as part of a happy community, usually it's a

Br. Robert has provided this week's sermon for Torch, the English Dominicans’ site offering online sermons for Sundays and Holy

First Sunday of Advent. Fr Robert Verrill tells us why Jesus's death on the Cross is a little like television. Jesus

Daniel 7:15-27; Daniel 3:82-87; Luke 21:34-36Today is New Year's Eve (well New Year's Eve of the liturgical year at any

This week is Prisons Week: An ecumenical week of prayer in England and Wales for prisoners and prison ministry. It

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