Weekly News 18/05/25 5th Sunday of Easter
Fifth Sunday of Easter We are now closer to Ascension and Pentecost than Easter, but we are still in the Easter Season. The readings this Sunday begin to move us along too, as once more we hear the Lord at the Last Supper preparing his disciples for his departure: he does this by giving them […]
Weekly News 11/05/25 4th Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter This is traditionally known as “Good Shepherd” Sunday, and is part of the continuing journey of Easter – remember that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who both gives his life for his sheep and takes it up again. His relationship with us, after the resurrection, is closer than we can imagine: […]
News and Views May 2025
News & Views May 2025 MAY The month of May is dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary. This year the whole month falls within the liturgical season of Easter, which is represented by the liturgical colour white — the colour of light, a symbol of joy, purity and innocence (absolute or restored). May is often associated […]
Weekly News 05/05/25 3rd Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter The rest of the world has settled “back to normal” after Easter holidays now, but we continue to dwell on the resurrection of Jesus and the growth of the Church. Today’s Gospel, which many people consider the most beautiful of the resurrection stories, has many themes: the failed fishing trip, the […]
Weekly News 27/04/25 2nd Sunday of Easter
Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) The Paschal Mystery; the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, is the single most important event in the history of human existence. And yet it is not merely an event in history; it transcends time and space to be a real and true event in our present time […]
Weekly News 20/04/25 Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday On Easter Sunday when the Word is proclaimed, it is real and active – the Lord is present, and what is described is, in a sense, happening now. On certain days this is made more obvious by the selection of scripture that refers to a particular time or day. Such a selection occurs […]
Weekly News 13/04/25 Palm Sunday of the Lords Passion Year C
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – Year C We begin Holy Week with the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem: the King of Kings entering the Holy City. We hear this Gospel at the beginning of Mass and we greet Him with palms; then we take part in the passion reading covering the events of […]
Weekly News 06/04/25 Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C
Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year C There is a logical development in the readings this Sunday: in the Old Testament, God asks us to look forward to the “new deed he will do”, when he will put “water in the wilderness”; we then see the new deed, which Paul talks about, to be the […]
News and Views April 2025
News & Views April 2025 The month of April is dedicated to The Holy Spirit. The first few weeks this year are in Lent and the liturgical colour is purple but from Easter Sunday we enter the Easter season. The liturgical colour is white — the colour of light, a symbol of joy, purity and […]
Weekly News 30/03/25 Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) – Year C As today we hear the familiar parable of the Prodigal Son (or the Forgiving Father), the message is Reconciliation – the making new of relationships, the healing of past wrongs and the opening of ourselves to the “new creation”. This is just as the Israelites opened […]