Weekly News 28/07/19
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 faith teaches us to do! The message is […]
News & Views July 2019
Our Joint Parish Pilgrimage is in the advanced Planning Stage and a meeting of interested parties has been planned for early July. To View this Edition Click HERE
Weekly News 21/07/19
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 at home there: secondly, the gift – not […]
Weekly News 14/07/19
Both first reading and Gospel today invite us to be “down to earth” about the Law of God. It’s very easy to become an “expert in religion” – knowing all the right answers, remembering all the right quotes, and so on. But for Moses and for Jesus, if God’s Law is to be kept anywhere, […]
Weekly News 07/07/19
The Gospel this Sunday begins immediately after the final verse in last Sunday’s Gospel. After strong language about the difficulties of discipleship, Jesus immediately appoints 72 people to go ahead of him to every town and place he plans to visit, proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is at hand. He sends them in pairs. […]
Weekly News 30/06/19
The Link between the First Reading and Gospel is not immediately apparent today, until you look at the “headings” which are always chosen “to make the connection between readings of the same Mass clear.” (Introduction to the Lectionary n.123.) The “headings” present us with a simple picture today: a river of peace flowing out from […]
Weekly News 23/06/19
The Eucharist is not an invention of the Church: it is a part of God’s plan of salvation from the very beginning: it is prefigured in the Old Testament, seen today in the food offerings of Melchizedek, priest king of Jerusalem associated with Abraham, choose bread and wine as the offerings. It is also revealed […]
Weekly News 16/06/19
This Sunday is all about the “Divine Community” – in other words, the way in which our God is in himself a communion of love: Father, Son and Spirit, distinct yet perfectly united – three persons, one God. We hear of the perfect union between Father and Son, revealed in the mysterious poem of the […]
Weekly News 02/06/19
This is an unusual “in between” Sunday – in between the Lord’s return to the Father’s right hand at Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Church’s tradition is to spend this time ‘in between’ in prayer, as did Mary and the Apostles, waiting for the promised gift of the Spirit. […]
News & Views June 2019
June is here once again and on the 23rd we have our Annual Summer Fair on the Parochial Centre Car Park from 11am to 1 pm. Please come along and support the Parish and have some fun at the same time. To View this Edition Click HERE