Weekly News 14/09/25 Exhaltation of the Holy Cross – Year C
Exhaltation of the Holy Cross – Year C The image of the cross is one of the great symbols of the Christian faith. On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, which conquers all sin and death. The cross is the symbol of salvation; a […]
Weekly News 07/09/25 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 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, being as polite as they can […]
News and Views September 2025
News & Views September 2025 Our Lady of Walsingham is celebrated as a Feast Day in the dioceses of England, on 24th September. The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham was established in 1061, according to the text of the Pynson Ballad, when devout noblewoman Richeldis de Faverches asked in prayer for inspiration so that she […]
Weekly News 31/08/25 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 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”s to put […]
Weekly News 24/08/25 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C It’s probably a nightmare we all share – being locked out of the house, the sales, the big match, missing the train, the boat, the plane, whatever, and having to watch the crowds that have got inside, while we can do nothing. Complacency is what leaves us […]
Weekly News 17/08/25 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C When we consider the Christian life, we often think in positive terms: peace, light, joy, goodness, life. And yet, as the Scriptures remind us today, that Christian life must be lived in the midst of a world which is filled with more negative terms: division, distress, cruelty […]
Weekly News 10/08/25 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 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 […]
Weekly News 03/08/25 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Today we contemplate a great truth about our life: you can’t 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 27/07/25 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 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 our […]
Weekly News 20/07/25 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 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 […]