Weekly News 14/05/2023
6th Sunday of Easter – Year A By now we are some distance away from Easter, but the season is still permeated with the Easter message: Christ is risen, we are baptised in him. But today a new dimension of the story comes out: Easter is not complete until the risen Lord has returned to […]
Weekly News 07/05/2023
5th Sunday of Easter – Year A We continue to explore the meaning of baptism, of membership of the Church, of living a life which has been immersed in the life and death of Jesus Christ: in other words, we continue our Mystagogy – our training in the mystery of Baptism and the other Sacraments. […]
News and Views May 2023
News & Views May 2023 THE ORIGINS OF THE ROSARY – There is debate about the historical origins of the rosary. Legend has it that St Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order, received a vision from Mary who handed him rosary beads, but there are indications that Christians were using rosary beads to pray […]
Weekly News 30/04/2023
4th Sunday of Easter – Year A This Sunday is traditionally called Good Shepherd Sunday, because of the Gospel references to Jesus as the Good Shepherd. It is also the day of prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood. On this Sunday we hear one of the great I am statements of Jesus from Saint John’s […]
Weekly News 23/04/2023
3rd Sunday of Easter – Year A During the Season of Easter we walk with the Risen Lord, enjoying his appearing to his disciples. Today’s gospel is one of the loveliest accounts of his appearing – and one especially important for the reader. Jesus appears and teaches the two disciples, by reference to the Scriptures, […]
Weekly News 16/04/2023
2nd Sunday of Easter – Year A Often people forget that Easter is not just a day, but a season – the longest in the Church’s year, in fact! We are given fifty glorious days of Spring and Summer to prolong our baptismal joy, fifty glorious days of basking in the light of the risen […]
News and Views April 2023
News & Views April 2023 – Easter Services In Holy Week, 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 6th April – and begins the Easter Triduum with […]
Weekly News 09/04/2023
EASTER SUNDAY 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 longing. We […]
Weekly News 02/04/2023
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 26/03/2023
Fifth Sunday of Lent – The Gospel of the Fifth Sunday is perhaps the deepest meditation on the mystery of Baptism and membership of the Church. It is a prelude to the events of Easter Sunday, when we celebrate the triumph of life over death. To be plunged into the waters of baptism is to […]