On Wednesday this week the Church recalled and celebrated the birth and naming of John the Baptist, the greatest of the Old Testament prophets whose mission was to prepare the way for Jesus. When the Angel appeared to Mary to ask her to be the Mother of the Jesus, the Son of God she was …
When we say “Give us this day our daily bread,” in the Lord’s Prayer or “Our Father,” we can be asking God for what we need for the day. But we especially ask for the Bread which is Jesus himself – the “Body of Christ received in the Eucharist.”(See Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1384) …
“You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.” (John 20:29) In the Gospel reading for this Sunday we hear that Jesus appeared among his disciples who were hiding behind closed doors for fear of the Jews who had arranged for Jesus to be crucified. “Peace be …
“It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb.” (John 20:1) We see Mary of Magdala, one of Jesus’ women disciples, coming early in the morning to the tomb where Jesus had been buried. She sees straight away that the stone has …
“I am the resurrection and the life. If anyone believes in me, even though he dies he will live.” (John 11 1-45) This is such an appropriate passage from the New Testament for this fifth Sunday of Lent as we approach the great feast of Easter. Jesus raised Lazarus after he had been dead for …
In this week’s Gospel for the fourth Sunday of Lent, Jesus heals a blind man. The Jewish leaders of the time, the Pharisees, were annoyed because Jesus healed him on the Sabbath which was against the Jewish law. Moreover, they believed that the man’s blindness like all sickness was because he or his parents had …
The Gospel reading for this third Sunday of Lent asks us the most important question ever. Jesus is at a well in Samaria which is amazing as Jews would avoid Samaritans as they regarded them as foreigners and heretics. The disciples had gone to buy food. A Samaritan woman comes to draw water and to …
Last Sunday, the second Sunday in Lent the Gospel focussed on an incredible event which is referred to as the “Transfiguration.” Peter, James and John, close disciples of Jesus, accompanied him up a high mountain, “There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as …
Pressing the pause button There are times when we should all step back and take a good look at ourselves and where we are going; what sort of person we aspire to be and how we are going to get there. For Christians Lent is just such a time and here we are with Lent …
Peace Sunday 2026 Today is Peace Sunday, a day designated by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales as a day for us all to reflect on the Pope’s message for the World Day of Peace on the 1st January. The theme chosen by Pope Leo for his message this year is a challenging …