Weekly News 07/07/24 14th Sunday Year B
The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time A prophet’s job is to open people’s eyes to the reality of their situation ‑ pointing out to them the things they would rather forget or ignore. A prophet is a sort of “national conscience”, always awake to situations of injustice and always speaking out about them. A prophet […]
Weekly News 30/6/24 SS Peter & Paul Year B
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Peter and Paul are the two great heroes of the Apostolic Age Peter for leading the first Christian communities and binding them in unity, a role that springs from his profession of faith in Caesarea Philippi, and Paul for travelling throughout the Roman Empire as the Apostle to the Gentiles, […]
Weekly News 23/6/24 12th Sunday Year B
The 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time There is a strangely simple theme to this Sunday: that God has power over the forces of nature, because he created them in the first place. This is what the first reading tells us, and also what the gospel shows us, when Jesus “rebukes the wind”. This tells us something […]
Weekly News 16/6/24 11th Sunday Year B
The 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time How does a tree grow? The scientists can give us their answers, but the miracle of life on our earth, in all its dazzling complexity and variety is exactly that a miracle. God is responsible for the miracle of Nature and growth how, we don’t know, but we accept God’s […]
Weekly News 9/6/24 10th Sunday Year B
The 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time A constant theme throughout human history has been the conflict between dark and light, good and evil. From the earliest legends and myths to the latest films and books this eternal conflict between the two forces has been central. Our faith, of course, is no different: good and evil are […]
Weekly News 2/6/24 Corpus Christi
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ – Year B – The Eucharist the Body and Blood of Christ is a mystery with so many layers and a depth that takes more than a lifetime to penetrate. It is not just a thing that we receive however reverently it is a person, a relationship, […]
Weekly News 26/05/24 Trinity
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY When the Church celebrates the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, it is an attempt to summarise the whole mystery of our God into one day. This is not just a “theological feast” ` but a feast which should speak to us of this simple fact of faith: the Father loves […]
Weekly News 19/05/24 Pentecost
PENTECOST SUNDAY We arrive at the fiftieth day the completion of the Easter Season, and the completion of the Paschal Mystery: the Lord has died, is risen, has ascended to heaven and now gives birth to his Church, by sending the Spirit upon the apostles. This feast of the gift of the Spirit is so […]
Weekly News 12/05/24
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER On this Seventh Sunday of Easter the gospels each year are taken from Chapter 17 of Saint John’s Gospel – the “priestly prayer” of Jesus at the Last Supper: this long prayer is a farewell message, where Jesus prays for all that the Church will have to be and do in […]
Weekly News 05/05/24
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER There are two obvious themes to today’s readings: Saint Peter summarises many of the ideas of Easter – baptism, the name of Jesus, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit; the other readings talk simply of love, both God’s love for us and our love for each other. Our Gospel is […]