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Sunday 1 June
Ascension of the Lord Acts 1: 1-11, Ps. 47, Ephesians 1: 17-23, Mathew 28: 16-20 Evangelise now From one in authority comes a command, not a suggestion, to evangelise. As Jesus leaves his disciples he speaks explicitly of baptism and implicitly of his presence with us for all time in the Eucharist. Going to Mass […]
Sunday 25 May
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17, 1 Peter 3:15-18, Ps 66, John 14:15-21 The Spirit of God is with us now In all his farewell discourses Jesus is positive and confident, trying to help his friends who are pretty concerned that about his departure. It’s hard to let go. Those who have sat at the death bed of […]
Sunday 18 May
Acts 6:1-7, 1 Peter 2:4-9, Ps33, John 14:1-12 Earthquakes and our changing church buildings Most Dioceses throughout our country are dealing with the realities and costs of unsafe buildings. Perhaps St Francis of Assisi can help us. He responded to Christ’s call: “Francis, go repair my Church, which, as you see, is falling completely to […]
Sunday 11 May
Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14,36-41, 1 Peter 2:20-25, Ps 23, John 10:1-10 Mother’s Day We recognize the voices of those we love. We sense their affirmation, tensions, pain, their love. Love is being in relationship – being with others in an intimate, attuned way. We are grateful for those who loved us into being […]
Sunday 4 May
Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14,22-33, 1Peter 1:17-21, Ps 16, Luke 24:13-35 The Road to Emmaus This great story reflects what happens to us during our journeys with Christ. So there is Cleophas telling Jesus what had happened to him – telling Jesus what he already knows. I reckon Jesus is grinning as he gives […]
Sunday 20 April
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34, 37-43, Ps 118, Col 3:1-4, John 20:1-9 Beyond belief Nothing can prepare us for Easter. Easter is about believing the impossible, celebrating the miraculous and embracing the mysterious. Resurrection from the dead is beyond our imagining let alone our comprehending. Even Jesus’ own disciples failed to understand what the Scriptures had […]
Sunday 13 April
The Passion of the Lord Isaiah 50:4-7, Philip 2:6-11, Matt 26:14-27:66 To the glory of the Father Today, we join the crowds as they hold palms and bend the knee in honour of Jesus and celebrate his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. But a triumphal arrival in Jerusalem was never part of Jesus’ plan. His journey […]
Sunday 30 March
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13, Ephesians 5:8-14, Ps 23, John 9:1-41 Give sight to the blind Jesus wants to heal us, to free us from the blindness of disbelief. His healing of the blind man shows how necessary the gift of spiritual vision is: it rescues us from being spiritual beggars […]
Sunday 23 March
Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 17:3-7, Romans 5:1-2, 5-8, Ps 95, John 4:5-42 Living water Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman – who would normally have been considered beyond the pale in orthodox Jewish society – clearly shows his message is for everyone: for adulterers, Samaritans, Jews – anyone who is thirsting for God. His […]
Sunday 16 March
Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 12:1-4, 2 Timothy 1:8-10, Ps 33, Matthew 17:1-9 Light from Light “The Transfiguration reveals Christ’s divinity and shows that he alone is the true home of the Christian…the disciples saw…the divine glory of Jesus, which illuminates the whole history of salvation”. The Transfiguration shows that in “his oneness with the […]
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