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Sunday 23 April

Second Sunday of EasterDivine Mercy Sunday Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 My Lord and my God Thomas’ wonderful act of faith is the statement to which the whole of St John’s Gospel is directed. He is our Lord and God too, and we are numbered among those described as ‘happy’ because […]

Sunday 3 April

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Divine Mercy Sunday Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118; Apocalypse 1:9-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31 Courage to love again Thomas often gets a bad press because of his apparent lack of faith. But his position is understandable. He’s been badly hurt once by the death of Jesus and he is scared to believe again […]

Yes, I Believe

It was Divine Mercy Sunday when three things joined together in my mind. Two babies were being Christened at the beginning of Mass, and we all joined in affirming our faith…. “I believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting”…. How could our material bodies last forever? My doubting mind wondered. Then came […]