Weekly News 23/01/2022
The 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C After our brief excursion last week into Saint John’s Gospel, we are back on track this week with Saint Luke – whom we will follow for the rest of the year. Today is about beginnings: the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. It begins with the Word of God, […]
Weekly News 16/01/2022
The 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C The Gospel of this second Sunday of Ordinary Time continues the theme of the end of Christmas – revelation. Jesus is revealed to the world by his birth, by his baptism, and by his miracles – the signs” as John calls them. The wedding in today’s […]
Weekly News 09/01/2022
The Baptism of the Lord – Year C 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 […]
News & Views January 2022
News & Views January 2022 The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus, which is celebrated on January 3. The first ten days of January fall during the liturgical season known as Christmas which is represented by the liturgical colour white — the colour of light, a symbol of joy, purity and […]
Weekly News 02/01/2022
The Second Sunday of Christmas – Year C At the heart of today’s Gospel we are told that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”. The Word became flesh; why does John us this expression “flesh”? Could he not have said, in a more elegant way, that the Word was made man? No, he […]
Weekly News 26/12/2021
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH – Year C As an example for us to follow, the Holy Family can seem a little too perfect: when we consider the more dramatic events of the Christmas and Easter story, it can seem so far removed from us. And yet, as todays Gospel reminds us […]
Weekly News 19/12/2021
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT – Year C It is only in this last week before Christmas that we begin to hear about the Christmas story itself. For the past weeks we have been preparing ourselves to greet the Lord, when he comes. Now we prepare to remember how he first came, by listening to the […]
Weekly News 12/12/21
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT – Year C This Sunday is called Gaudete Sunday – Rejoice Sunday. This comes from the readings we hear today, and it underlines an important point. In the Gospel, we hear John the Baptist telling different groups what to do – they must repent, and change their lives. We might think […]
Weekly News05/12/2021
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT – Year C Again we hear about the coming ‘Day of Christ’, and meet the character of John the Baptist. Just as once before he “prepared the way”? for the coming of Christ, so today he does the same for us. Our hearts should be open to his voice, as he […]
News & Views December 2021
News & Views December 2021 The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The first 24 days of December fall during the liturgical season known as of Advent and are represented by the liturgical colour purple — a symbol of penance, mortification and the sorrow of a contrite heart. The remaining days of December mark […]