Weekly News 10/07/22
15th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C Both first reading and Gospel today invite us to be “down to earth” about the Law of God. It’s very easy to become an “expert in religion” – knowing all the right answers, remembering all the right quotes, and so on. But for Moses and for Jesus, […]
Weekly News 03/07/2022
14th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C The link between the First Reading and Gospel is not immediately apparent today, until you look at the “headings” which are always chosen “to make the connection between readings of the same Mass clear.” (Introduction to the Lectionary n.123.) The “headings” present us with a simple picture […]
News & Views July 2022
News & Views July 2022 Family Fun Evening – Following the very successful event in June with Jimmy Cricket the Fundraising group are organising a Family Fun Night in the Parochial Centre on Friday 15th July starting at 7 pm. There will be a Disco with Fun and Games and of course a game or two […]
World Youth Day 2023
Weekly News 26/06/2022
13th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR – Year C There is a sense of urgency about discipleship – almost like emergency services responding to a crisis, in the Gospel today there is no time to wait for any normal human moments, no reason to delay: the hand must be placed immediately on the plough, the work […]
Weekly News 19/06/2022
THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST – Year C – The Eucharist is not an invention of the Church: it is a part of God’s plan of salvation from the very beginning: it is prefigured in the Old Testament, seen today in the food offerings of Melchizedek, priest king of Jerusalem associated with Abraham, […]
Weekly News 12/06/2022
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY – Year C – This Sunday is all about the “Divine Community” – in other words, the way in which our God is in himself a communion of love: Father, Son and Spirit, distinct yet perfectly united – three persons, one God. We hear of the perfect union between Father and […]
News & Views June 2022
News & Views June 2022 “When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father…” (Jn 15:26). With these words, Jesus promises to send his disciples the Holy Spirit, the ultimate gift, the gift of gifts. He uses an unusual and mysterious word to describe the Spirit: Paraclete. Today let us reflect on this […]
Weekly News 05/06/2022
PENTECOST SUNDAY – Year C – We arrive at the fiftieth day ‑ the completion of the Easter Season, and the completion of the Paschal Mystery: the Lord has died, is risen, has ascended to heaven and now gives birth to his Church, by sending the Spirit upon the apostles. This feast of the gift […]
Weekly News 29/05/2022
7th SUNDAY OF EASTER – Year C – This is an unusual “in between” Sunday – in between the Lord’s return to the Father’s right hand at Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Church’s tradition is to spend this time ‘in between’ in prayer, as did Mary and the Apostles, […]