This sermon was preached at St Nicholas' North Lopham on the 6th of June 2021. The reading was 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1.

Fr Giles' full reflection can be viewed on YouTube at this link

Transcript of his remarks:

FATHER GILES, BENEDICTINE MONK: I think that freedom everywhere, anywhere, is love. Letting yourself be loved, which is always risky. And loving, which is maybe even riskier. I've been an monk here at Pluscarden for 47 years. Prayer I suppose is the greatest freedom of all, because it's a relationship, it's a gift of God, it's very mysterious I think. It's a gift and you just accept what comes. Silence is an enabling thing. It frees you for listening, for availability, for avoiding imposing yourself. How often in speech are we trying to do someone down or  ...