The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends,St Valentine’s Day is approaching: disappointingly, this third-century Roman saint does not appear in the modern Church calendar – 14 February is instead the Feast of St [...]
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends,Who do you think you are? For most of us, the answer to this question involves looking back – both into our family history, and into the past experiences [...]
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends,A curious question with which to begin, perhaps, but were we to give a colour to the Sundays of January, what do you suppose it might be? In the face [...]
The Sunday of the Word of God
Dear friends,In September 2019, Pope Francis called the universal Church to celebrate the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time each year as a special “Sunday of the Word of God”, [...]
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends, At every Mass, before we receive Communion, we address the Lord Jesus as the “Lamb of God”. This Sunday's Gospel reading, as once again we enter [...]
The Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord
Perhaps one of the greatest elements of countercultural witness which we as Christians can present at Christmas is the way in which, as the world packs away its tinsel [...]
Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Dear friends, Welcome to the weekly newsletter from St Mary's (the last of 2022). As you'll discover when you click on the links below, we're trialling a new [...]
The Nativity of Our Lord – Christmas Day
Dear friends, We stand on the threshold of the celebration of Christmas, and look forward to welcoming you to St Mary's to worship at the manger. As doubtless you [...]