Weekly News 04/04/2021
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 this morning, when […]
Holy Week Resources
Holy Week Resources For those still at home and not attending Mass the Liturgy Office has prepared a service called “The Lord’s Day at Home”, based on the Sunday Scriptures, that you can pray on your own or with your family. It is particularly aimed at those not able to follow a Mass on the internet. […]
Weekly News 28/03/2021
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 21/03/2021
Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year B In the weeks of Lent so far we have followed God’s work of salvation: we have seen the Covenants he established with Noah, Abraham, Moses and the people of Israel after the return from Babylon. Now we come to one of the most significant parts of the Old […]
Weekly News 14/03/2021
Fourth Sunday of Lent – Year B There were two remarkable moments in the story of the Old Testament where God saved his people; one was in the escape from Egypt – we’ll keep that for the Easter Vigil. The other was the end of their second exile, this time in Babylon, which we hear […]
Weekly News 07/03/2021
Third Sunday of Lent – Year B This week, in our journey through the Old Testament, we reach Covenant Number Three: and this is the big one – the Covenant with Moses at Sinai. The Ten Commandments are (or should be) familiar to us all: they form our side of the agreement with God – […]
News & Views March 2021
News & Views March 2021 Dear brothers and sisters, every moment of our lives is a time for believing, hoping and loving. The call to experience Lent as a journey of conversion, prayer and sharing of our goods, helps us – as communities and as individuals – to revive the faith that comes from the […]
Weekly News 28/02/2021
Second Sunday of Lent – Year B We spool forward a few centuries in the story of the Old Testament, to arrive at Abraham, “our Father in faith”. Today we hear of another Covenant (like last week) – even though the word is not used. God promises Abraham descendants like “the stars of heaven”, and […]
Weekly News 21/02/2021
First Sunday of Lent – Year B We begin our Lenten journey at the decisive moment of the flood, when God establishes his first Covenant with man, in the person of Noah. Noah was saved from the waters, while we (as Saint Peter points out) are saved by the waters of Baptism. This is the […]
Pastoral Letter 14/02/2021
Pastoral Letter for the First Sunday of Lent from Bishop John My dear brothers and sisters, I certainly had hoped that this letter would not need to be written and that by Lent 2021 we would have returned to free access to our churches which could fill to capacity and have no need for special […]