Weekly News 01/03/26 The Second Sunday of Lent – Year B
The Second Sunday of Lent – Year A Lent is a Season of preparation for the whole Paschal Triduum – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday: not just a time to reflect on the Cross. Often our Lenten devotions can focus exclusively on the Cross, and the idea of Baptism can be lost. This […]
Weekly News 22/02/26 The First Sunday of Lent – Year A
The First Sunday of Lent – Year A In the Cycle of Sunday Readings, the oldest are those of Year A in Lent – these Gospels have accompanied the Church for many centuries. We must realise why: Lent was originally the time of immediate preparation of candidates for Baptism at Easter (something which has been […]
Weekly News 15/02/26 The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A Back in the 1960s some groups “adopted” Jesus Christ as an icon of rebellion, overturning authority and tearing up the rule book – possibly because of the frequent confrontations between Our Lord and the Pharisees. Today’s Gospel, however, shows us Jesus not as rule-breaker, but as rule-fulfiller, […]
Weekly News 08/02/26 The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A While the world may seem to be very indifferent to Christianity most of the time, it can be very critical of Christians who do not seem to be following the most basic tenet of their faith – to be a people of “good deeds”, as Jesus teaches […]
News and Views February 2026
News & Views February 2026 Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day 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 […]
Weekly News 01/02/26 The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A Last week we heard Saint Matthew describing the beginnings of Jesus’ public ministry. This week Saint Matthew begins the most important summary of the proclamation of the kingdom of God – what we refer to as the “Sermon on the Mount.” This great collection of Jesus’ teachings […]
Weekly News 25/01/26 The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A We will spend most of the Sundays of the coming year in the company of Saint Matthew. His Gospel (like the others has its own characteristics. He is writing for a Jewish audience, and so is always at pains to stress one thing: that Jesus of Nazareth […]
Weekly News 18/01/26 The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A There is no break between Christmas and Ordinary Time – one flows almost seamlessly into the other through the Baptism of Jesus. We ended our Christmas Season thinking about the “revelation” of the Son of God – people realising who this “Jesus of Nazareth” actually was – […]
Weekly News 11/01/26 The Baptism of the Lord – Year A
The Baptism of the Lord – Year A It may seem strange, but this is a Christmas Feast. Not if we think of Christmas only in terms of the Baby in Bethlehem, but if we have followed the ideas of the Feasts of Holy Family and especially Epiphany, and have seen the Season in terms […]
Weekly News 04/01/26 The Second Sunday of Christmas – Year A
The Second Sunday of Christmas – Year A The Second Sunday of Christmas in Year focuses on God’s promise of restoration, wisdom, and the divine identity of Jesus as the Word made flesh, with key readings from Jeremiah (gathering the scattered people), Wisdom (the nature of Wisdom), Ephesians (God’s plan in Christ), and John (the […]