Weekly News 28/04/24
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Last week it was sheep: this week, the vine. Jesus offers us another (agricultural) image to explain the mystery of his offering of himself, and our belonging to him, our being part of him, which comes about through the sacrament of Baptism. This is, as was stated earlier, the period of […]
Weekly News 21/04/24
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER This is known as Good Shepherd Sunday and is the Day of prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and the religious life. The image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd is one of the most powerful images of the gospels. Today we hear an iconic line from the gospel of St […]
Weekly News 14/04/24
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Today the Gospel tells us about one of the most dramatic and inspiring of the resurrection appearances of Jesus: “The Road to Emmaus”. Two of the disciples leave Jerusalem despondent, the dream is over. They walk away. Someone walks with them along the 7 mile road, listens to their story and […]
Weekly News 07/04/24
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (Divine Mercy Sunday) The Paschal Mystery; the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, is the single most important event in the history of human existence. And yet it is not merely an event in history; it transcends time and space to be a real and true event in our present time […]
Weekly News 31/03/24
EASTER SUNDAY On 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 […]
Weekly News 24/03/24
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD -Year B Palm Sunday marks the beginning of “The Great Week”. The Messiah enters his City. In the prophet the Ezekiel, the “Shekinah”, “the glory of God” left the Temple and disappeared over the Mount of Olives. When the Messiah comes it was prophesised that it would […]
Weekly News 17/03/24
The 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 10/03/24
The 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 03/03/24
The 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 – […]
Weekly News 25/02/24
The 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 […]