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Sunday 12 July
15th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 65; Romans: 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 The sower and the seed Take time to read and imagine today’s parable. Picture the sower sowing seed with easy sweeps of his hand. The seed goes anywhere and everywhere, good ploughed ground and not so good, some into the soil and […]
Sunday 5 July
14th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME. Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 145; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 My yoke is easy Jesus is well aware that his teachings are a challenge to his disciples. He encourages them, and us, not just by his words, but also by his own example. Yes, at times we are ‘overburdened’ and feel […]
Sunday 28 June
13th Sunday Ordinary Time 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16; Ps.89; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42 The goodness of the Lord “Taking up our cross” can seem like something frightening or very difficult. Jesus reminds us that it can be as simple as giving a cup of water to a disciple or “welcoming a holy man because […]
Sunday 21 June
12th Sunday Ordinary Time Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants Jeremiah 20:10-13; Ps.69; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33 Be not afraid There is so much that can cause us to fear – climate change, pandemics, laws that ignore moral values, personal tragedies and much more. Jesus assures us that whatever happens in this world, God […]
Sunday 14 June
BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16; Ps.147:12-15, 19-20;1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 Do not forget … It can be easy, over time, to take our reception of communion for granted, to be distracted from, rather than attentive to, the One we receive. Many need daily medication as protection from a variety of medical […]
Sunday 7 June
MOST HOLY TRINITY Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9; Daniel 3:52-57;2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18 God so loved the world Today’s readings give us so much encouragement: “The Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion”; “live in peace and the God of love and peace will be with you”; “God sent his son … so that through him […]
Sunday 7 June – The Most Blessed Trinity
Evagrius of Pontus was a 4th-century Greek monk. He said, “The mind cannot grasp God. If God could be grasped, God would not be God”. It is well worth bearing this idea in mind when we try to get to grips with the central doctrine of Christian faith, the Most Blessed Trinity, the inner life […]
Sunday 31 May
PENTECOST Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 Leaving the room How do we get out of the ‘room’ of our fears, of our tiredness, of our disillusionment, of our pain? In a sense, that ‘room’ can be like the room the disciples were in at Pentecost – something that holds us […]
Sunday 24 May
ASCENSION OF THE LORD Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20 Room for everyone If the eleven disciples thought that their coming together with Jesus on the mountain was a reunion of sorts, they were soon disabused. The command Jesus gives them is huge – “make disciples of all nations”. Clearly, they have work […]
Sunday 17 May
Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Psalm 66; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 What our lives say What do people see when they look at me? Would they see me as someone filled with hope? Would they ask the reason for it? And if they attacked me for being a follower of Jesus, could […]
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