News and Views September 2022
News & Views September 2022 The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, whose memorial the Church celebrates on 15th September. September falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical color green. This symbol of hope is the colour of the sprouting seed and arouses […]
Weekly News 04/09/2022
23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C This is a very difficult set of readings. The Gospel itself starts with a saying which many find hard to understand: must we really hate our family to be the Lords disciples? The point is that it is relative: what are we prepared to give up for the […]
Weekly News 28/08/2022
22nd SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C Humble behaviour is the mark of the Christian, as it always was the mark of someone in favour with the Lord. In the Gospel, we see Jesus watching the Pharisees: it’s almost amusing to picture them shuffling for the best places, the polite. After you to put […]
Weekly News 21/08/2022
21st SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C Its probably a nightmare we all share to some degree or other – being locked out of the house, the sales, the big match, or missing the train, the boat or plane. Contemplating watching the crowds that have got inside, while we can do nothing, can be […]
Weekly News 14/08/2022
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Year C This great feast is a twin to the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Then, if you recall, the preface of the Mass contained these words: Christ is the beginning, the head of the Church; where he has gone, we hope to follow. Today […]
Weekly News 07/08/2022
19th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C Vigilance: we wait for glory or ruin, salvation or disaster. This is the choice that faces the Christian each and every day, as we wait for the Lord to return, as he promised he would. We often live our lives leaving such things to a distant, shadowy […]
News & Views August 2022
News & Views August 2022 On Sunday 14th August we celebrate the Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the oldest feast day of Our Lady, its origin is lost in those days when Jerusalem was restored as a sacred city, at the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (c. 285-337). […]
Weekly News 31/07/2022
18th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C Today we contemplate a great truth about our life: you cant take it with you. The old phrase ‘There are no pockets in a shroud’ is what we confront today, in the preaching of both Ecclesiastes and the Lord Jesus. What Jesus makes us think about, however, […]
Weekly News 24/07/2022
17th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C When we see the child in the sweet shop nagging and moaning at mum or dad for something, we probably don’t think of it as a model of our prayer lives! And yet, if we take the word of God seriously today, that is exactly what out […]
Weekly News 17/07/2022
16th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C Sacred Hospitality is our theme: as the letter to the Hebrews says: remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this some people have entertained angels without knowing it. True hospitality lies in two things: first the welcome, encouraging the stranger to enter the house and be […]