Fifth Sunday of Easter – The Pope’s Reflections
Today is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Both the first reading at Mass today (Acts 6:1-6), describing the commissioning of St Stephen and the first deacons, and the gospel reading
Continue readingEurope Day
Today is Europe Day, about which I have written, in conjunction with VE Day, in our parish newsletter available here on our website. For some years (and I don’t why
Continue reading‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life’
Today’s gospel reading, John 14:1-6, is one of the best known passages in John, often read at funerals: its last words ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life’
Continue readingFrom Peter to Paul
As you know we hear every day at Mass from the book of Acts. From roughly the point reached today (13: 13-29) the spotlight moves from Peter and the disciples
Continue readingDarkness and Light – John’s Gospel
The structure of John’s gospel, from which virtually all our gospel readings are taken in the Easter season, is mostly built around specific feasts of the Jewish liturgical year, celebrated
Continue readingThe first “Christians”
Today’s first reading from Acts (11:19-26) describes how, because of the persecution which broke out after the stoning of St Stephen many of the earliest disciples move away from Jerusalem
Continue readingThe Martyrs of England and Wales
In this country today is kept as the feast of the Martyrs of England and Wales, incorporating two formerly separate feast days (today and in October) for those who had
Continue readingFourth Sunday of Easter: Vocations Sunday
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is always observed as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The Holy Father’s message for today can be read on the Vatican website: CLICK
Continue readingSt Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria
Today the Church honours one of the most important theologians of the early Church, St Athanasius. He was bishop of Alexandria in Egypt for much of the fourth century, in
Continue readingCAFOD Coronavirus Appeal
CAFOD launched its coronavirus emergency appeal on 30 April. The effects of coronavirus on developing countries where CAFOD works are likely to be devastating. Families without enough to eat and
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