Weekly News 08/05/2022
4th SUNDAY OF EASTER – Year C – “I give eternal life to the sheep that belong to me” 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 […]
Weekly News 01/05/2022
“Jesus stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish.” 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. Todays Gospel, which many people consider the most […]
Weekly News 24/04/2022
2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER – Year C “Eight days later, Jesus came.” This week the Gospel is chosen because it relates what happened today eight days after Easter, Jesus comes again to his disciples. The story of Thomas’s doubt and faith leads us to think about our doubts and faith but always in the context […]
Weekly News 17/04/2022
EASTER SUNDAY Year C Holy Saturday is about emptiness. ‘The cross is empty now, and still.’ Where is the Lord? The heavens and the earth cry out with longing for the sinless one who is not to be found. We, the people of the sacraments, are denied the sacraments, to create in us the same […]
Weekly News 10/04/2022
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD On Palm Sunday the long reading of the Passion dominates the celebration, and in a sense its meaning is obvious. Do not allow this, however, to detract from the other readings, which give the vital context necessary for understanding the Passion as more than just a long […]
Weekly News 03/04/2022
The 5th 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 […]
News & Views April 2022
News & Views April 2022 We are still a few weeks from Holy Week, when the Church celebrates the mysteries of Salvation accomplished by Christ in the last days of his earthly life, from the Messianic entry into Jerusalem, until his blessed Passion and glorious Resurrection. Lent continues until Maundy Thursday 14th April – and […]
Weekly News 27/03/2022
The 4th Sunday of Lent – 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 themselves […]
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 […]