News and Views November 2022
News & Views November 2022 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 […]
Weekly News 30/10/2022
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C There is a subversive humour in today’s Gospel which turns upside down the conventions of everyday life: we see a senior tax official climbing up a tree for a glimpse of Jesus, and the faintly ridiculous scene where Jesus stops, looks into the branches of the sycamore […]
Weekly News 23/10/2022
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C A few weeks ago (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) we had a Gospel about humility in social life today we hear the Lord reiterating the message, but this time in reference to our prayer lives. The two Gospels are linked by the last words today, which also […]
Weekly News 16/10/2022
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Perhaps the hardest Olympic event is the marathon: not only does it demand strength and fitness, but it calls for immense perseverance and endurance. Life in general and the Christian life in particular, is a marathon. We will face hills and mountains as well as valleys and […]
Weekly News 09/10/2022
28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C There are many messages in todays Gospel: the power of God to heal, the compassion of Jesus for those in need, the fact that a despised foreigner (the Samaritan) is the only one who recognises what has been done, the role of faith and the importance of […]
News and Views October 2022
News & Views October 2022 Last year on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (7th October) Pope Francis said. “Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. I invite everyone to rediscover, especially during this month of October, the beauty of the prayer of the rosary, which has nourished the faith […]
Weekly News 02/10/2022
27 TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C In this week’s Gospel the subjects are Faithfulness, faith and trust. These most invisible and difficult things are what God asks of us just as we, in our own way, ask them of those who love us. Trust me, we say, all will be well. And […]
Weekly News 25/09/2022
26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C Following on from last weeks Gospel (You cannot be the slave of both God and money) we see a practical illustration of what this means. The division between rich and poor was very striking at the time of Jesus: popular understanding, however, said that to be rich […]
Weekly News 18/09/2022
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C How easy to take the words of Jesus out of context: Use money to win you friends, is one of those lines that sounds strange to us outside the context of the parable and the teaching in today’s Gospel. Even the parable itself can seem a little […]
Weekly News 11/09/2022
24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C The message of God’s forgiveness is one that we are familiar with, but which the Lord still wishes to emphasise. Our human approach to forgiveness is so often flawed we hold grudges, erect barriers, make demands and establish conditions. Jesus wants to remind his listeners and us […]