Weekly News

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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

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Weekly News 18/02/24

The First Sunday of Lent -Year B We begin our Lenten journey at the decisive moment of the flood, when God establishes his first Covenant

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Weekly News 11/02/24

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year B Thankfully, we do not encounter leprosy in our culture. It can therefore be difficult to enter into the

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Weekly News 04/02/24

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year B This world, as we know, is a fragile and fallible place, in which we encounter hunger, disease, sickness

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Weekly News 28/1/24

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year B Where does authority come from? Why is one man regarded as a prophet, and another as a lunatic,

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Weekly News 21/1/24

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year B Where does Jesus begin his ministry? Where John the Baptist left off – preaching a message of repentance,

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Weekly News 7/1/24

The Epiphany of the Lord -Year B In the East, this Season of Christmas is called the Time of Manifestation, or Showing. Today is the

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Weekly News 17/12/23

Third Sunday of Advent -Year B So who is coming? This Sunday’s readings help to answer that question. John the Baptist is asked about the

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Weekly News 10/12/23

Second Sunday of Advent -Year B Throughout the first three weeks of Advent our focus is very clearly on the Second Coming of the Lord

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Weekly News 26/11/23

CHRIST THE KING -Year A “Shepherd-King o’er mountain steep, homeward guide thy wand’ring sheep.” This hymn which we will probably sing today captures the readings

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Weekly News 12/11/23

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A “Watch early for wisdom”: wise words, and ones that the foolish bridesmaids of the Gospel should have taken

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Weekly News 05/11/23

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A An awkward set of readings to sit through as a priest today! The more responsibility we have for

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Weekly News 24/09/2023

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time  –  Year A We can never hope fully to understand God: especially God’s generosity. We are very good at working out

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Weekly News 17/09/2023

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time  –  Year A Jesus tells a dramatic story in the Gospel, to make a very important point: the desperate need in

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Weekly News 03/09/2023

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time  –  Year A A quick glance at last weeks Gospel reveals the interesting development of the story: last week, we heard

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Weekly News 27/08/2023

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time  –  Year A There is a very simple theme to this Sunday’s readings: it is the principle of authority in the

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Weekly News 20/08/2023

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time  –  Year A Today is one of those occasions when, even though the second reading is not chosen to correspond to

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