Weekly News 24/12/23
Fourth Sunday of Advent -Year B Here we enter a new stage of Advent: having spent so much time on the Second Coming, now we look back, to remember the details of the Lord’s First Coming. Today we focus on the character of Mary, and hear of the angel Gabriel being sent to her, to […]
Weekly News 17/12/23
Third Sunday of Advent -Year B So who is coming? This Sunday’s readings help to answer that question. John the Baptist is asked about the coming of the Messiah – is it him? He affirms his role as “a witness to speak for the light”, by pointing to the one who stands among the crowd […]
Weekly News 10/12/23
Second Sunday of Advent -Year B Throughout the first three weeks of Advent our focus is very clearly on the Second Coming of the Lord – not so much on the run up to Christmas (until the last week). If we view Advent as a preparation for Christmas these readings will make little sense – […]
Weekly News 03/12/23
First Sunday of Advent -Year B Advent opens with a great cry, and a great promise: “Oh that you would tear the heavens open and come down!” is the cry, of a people who need God. “…The master is coming” is the promise, not to breed fear, but to answer our cry. Advent begins, not […]
News and Views December 2023
News & Views December 2023 The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The 3rd to the 24th December fall into the liturgical season known as of Advent and are represented by the liturgical colour purple — a symbol of penance, mortification and the sorrow of a contrite heart. The remaining days of December […]
Weekly News 26/11/23
CHRIST THE KING -Year A “Shepherd-King o’er mountain steep, homeward guide thy wand’ring sheep.” This hymn which we will probably sing today captures the readings perfectly: our King is not a cruel tyrant or despot, but a shepherd who loves his flock, who would (and did) give his life for them. Love for the flock […]
Weekly News 19/11/23
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A We must be very careful that the real point of today’s first reading is not washed away in genuine concerns over what one can and cannot say about the responsibilities of wives. This is not, in fact, a recipe for ‘the perfect wife’, but an illustration, from one […]
Weekly News 12/11/23
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A “Watch early for wisdom”: wise words, and ones that the foolish bridesmaids of the Gospel should have taken to heart. This is the ultimate in ‘putting off till tomorrow…’, since the reading is about the end of time, when the Son of Man will come again. Then there […]
Weekly News 05/11/23
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A An awkward set of readings to sit through as a priest today! The more responsibility we have for the flock of God, the more is demanded of us. But for all God’s people, there is the need for constant vigilance, to be on guard against hypocrisy and complacency, […]
News and Views November 2023
News & Views November 2023 The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Church commemorates all her faithful children who have departed from this life, but have not yet attained the joys of heaven. St. Paul warns us that we must not be ignorant concerning the dead, nor sorrowful, “even […]