Robert Verrill
fr Robert Verrill is the Prior of Blackfriars, Cambridge, and teaches philosophy at Blackfriars, Oxford.
robert.verrill@english.op.org
Lent Retreat – Week 4, Tuesday
Readings: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; Ps. 45; John 5:1-3, 5-16 'Do you want to be well again?' This is the question
Lent Retreat – Week 2, Saturday
Readings: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Psalm 102:1-4, 9-12; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 In this season of Lent, as we think about the renewal
Lent Retreat – Week 1, Wednesday
Readings: Jonah 3:1-10; Psalm 50; Luke 11:29-32 What is the sign of Jonah? In today's Gospel, Jesus criticises the crowd for
A Compass Weekend
This weekend fr Robert Verrill OP visited Worth Abbey to speak to this year's Compass participants about Dominican life. Compass
Characters of Advent – Caesar Augustus
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled
Third Sunday of Advent – Rejoice
Last year I attended a non-religious crematorium service of a relative who had died. After a rather depressing eulogy, we
The Comings of Christ
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. It seems rather fitting, that as we
The Life of Virtue – Gentleness
In the letter to the Ephesians, St Paul says "Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun
The Life of Virtue – Fasting
By fasting, St Thomas means to go without food for a period of time. According to this definition, we are
The Life of Virtue – Magnanimity
In order to be virtuous, it is necessary to have emotional responses that are appropriate for the situations in which
The Life of Virtue – Gratitude
Whilst most people would agree that we should be grateful for the good things we have received, thanking someone is
The Life of Virtue – Prayer
In 1872 the anthropologist Sir Francis Galton did a thorough statistical survey of the health of the Royal Family and