Weekly News 20/03/2022
The 3rd Sunday of Lent – Year C “The man who thinks he is safe must be careful he does not fall.” This is the theme of this Sunday: it underlines the need for repentance, which is the focus of our Lenten journey in Year C. Jesus, in the Gospel, uses two recent events in […]
Weekly News 13/03/2022
The 2nd Sunday of Lent – Year C Every year, on the Second Sunday of Lent, we hear about the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain top. Why? Jesus revealed his glory to the three apostles in order to strengthen them for the journey ahead – the journey to Jerusalem, Gethsemane and Golgotha. The same vision is […]
Weekly News 06/03/2022
The 1st Sunday of Lent – Year C As with each First Sunday of Lent the Gospel tells of Jesus temptation in the wilderness; as we begin the journey of Lent, during which we will consider our lives as members of the Church, we look to the example of Jesus when it comes to dealing […]
News & Views March 2022
News & Views March 2022 “Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all” (Gal 6:9-10). Lent is a favorable time for personal and community renewal, as […]
Weekly News 27/02/2022
The 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C We have many sayings about results being more important than promises, such as “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. Today’s scripture readings are all about this – the ways in which our words and actions will reveal who we truly are. There is […]
Weekly News 20/02/2022
The 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C What is compassion? What is love? And how do we live them out in our own age? These are the questions that spring from the Gospel today. In many ways this is the hardest teaching Jesus offers us, because it goes against so much of what […]
Weekly News 13/02/2022
The 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Life is often about picking our way through opposites – choices and decisions that surround every moment of every day: should I do this or that, choose this way or that way, and so on. Just as there are choices on either side, so there are […]
Weekly News 06/02/2022
The 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Life is often about picking our way through opposites – choices and decisions that surround every moment of every day: should I do this or that, choose this way or that way, and so on. Just as there are choices on either side, so there are […]
News & Views February 2022
News & Views February 2022 Our Lady of Lourdes: – 11th February – In 1858 the Immaculate Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous near Lourdes in France, in the grotto of Massabielle. Through the poor child, Mary called sinners to penance, and thereby there arose in the Church a marvellous spirit of prayer and charity, especially […]
Weekly News 30/01/2022
The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Last week, when Jesus spoke in the synagogue, his words pleased the crowd – as we hear at the beginning of today’s Gospel. How quickly the mood changes! This story shows very clearly that Jesus was not a “crowd-pleaser” – he wasn’t interested in saying the […]