An important statement has been issued in the name of the Bishops Conference in relation to Covid-19 and access to treatment: “With the escalation of the Coronavirus, demand on NHS
Continue readingThe first proper saint’s day for some weeks is the feast day of one of the great saints and teachers of early medieval England and Europe – Anselm of Canterbury
Continue readingIn Easter week we covered at daily Mass all the appearances of the risen Christ in the gospels. For the rest of the season of Easter, for the next six
Continue readingThe image in the post I put up last night, as we began to celebrate this Sunday, was of doubting Thomas by Caravaggio; the image here is described as by
Continue readingOur first reading today from Acts (4:13-21) continues yesterday’s account of the apostles Peter and John before the council of priests and elders known as the Sanhedrin. We’re told that
Continue readingI have only been once to the Holy Land, in 1986 with my late mother, when I was an Anglican transitional deacon. One of the most moving places I remember
Continue readingToday’s gospel reading for Easter Thursday is the continuation of yesterday’s account of Jesus meeting the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 35-48). As in other appearances there
Continue readingSome of you read our monthly diocesan newspaper ‘The Pilgrim’. You can now access it online HERE. Other Catholic newspapers from around the UK are available HERE.
Continue readingOn Easter Wednesday our gospel reading is one of the best loved of the accounts of Jesus’ resurrection appearance – his meeting with two disciples on the road to Emmaus
Continue readingOn this Easter Tuesday our gospel reading is always the sequel in John’s gospel (20:11-18) to the Easter morning account of the finding of the empty tomb by Mary of
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