The Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, On Monday this week the veteran BBC newsreader George Alagiah died, following a nine-year battle with bowel cancer. Just hours after his death was announced, BBC viewers watched a final message from the television presenter - [...]
The Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, Huge thanks to those who supported last Saturday's parish barbecue - and especially to all whose hard work and generosity made the afternoon such a success! At the start of the school summer holidays, it is worth remembering [...]
The Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, Christ's final words on the Cross ('It is finished') are reflected in the first words of his public ministry, 'The time is fulfilled'. Each explain to us that Jesus' life and death are the culmination of [...]
The Fourteenth Sunday of the Year (Sea Sunday)
Dear friends, In this Sunday's Gospel reading Jesus says, 'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.' The life of a seafarer is always on the move, and so often [...]
The Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, With a busy week, we begin a busy summer: it's all go at St Mary's! The 6pm Vigil Mass this coming Saturday evening, 1 July will be celebrated not in church but (weather permitting) in the [...]
The Twelfth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, '[The] Lord is at my side, a mighty hero': so sings the prophet Jeremiah in our first reading this Sunday, voicing a note of resolute hope and confidence in the face of the challenges of life. [...]