The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Dear friends, Last Sunday's flush of rose gives way this week to another dramatic visual milestone on our continuing journey through Lent: on Passion Sunday, the Fifth Sunday [...]
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Dear friends, Last week was undeniably a dramatic Sunday, over which, nonetheless, Mass attendance again surpassed 60 - congratulations! As our 2023 Stewardship Campaign - "With Gratitude and [...]
The Third Sunday in Lent
Dear friends, I am delighted to report that attendance at Mass last Sunday surpassed 60 souls for the first time since my Induction: this figure is a third [...]
The Second Sunday in Lent
Dear friends, This Sunday's Gospel reading includes St Matthew's account of the Transfiguration, when - atop a high mountain - before three of his disciples, Jesus' appearance altered [...]
The First Sunday in Lent
Dear friends, It was very encouraging to welcome so many of you to Mass yesterday for the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday - and I commend the [...]
The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends,Spring may not yet quite have sprung, but there is a sense of renewal in the air - not least because, hot on the heels of the [...]
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”, [...]