In this week’s Sunday Gospel, we see how Jesus was immersed in His Father’s affirming love by the words spoken from heaven following his baptism in the Jordan “You are my Son, the beloved.” The Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit signified by the dove, were present at this event. What does this mean …
Continuing the theme of human rights, just last week the House of Lords passed unopposed the second reading of the assisted dying bill – a euphemism for assisted suicide, which has now gone to committee stage. I pray it may never see the light of day. As with the 1967 Abortion Act which gained sympathy …
Heidi Crowter, a young woman with Downs Syndrome lost her High Court challenge to the Government over a law that allows abortion up to birth for a baby with Downs Syndrome. The High Court judges deferred responsibility for the law that allows discrimination against people with Downs Syndrome back to Parliament. The court refused to …
President Biden said on September 3rd he doesn’t agree that life begins at conception, when speaking about the Texas Heartbeat bill. Medical science recognises that the heartbeat begins at 5 weeks. A fertilised ovum will develop into a baby in the womb. A baby in the womb will develop into a new born baby. A …
“The Texas law (effectively banning abortion past six weeks when the baby’s heart can be detected) will significantly impair women’s access to the health care they need, particularly for communities of colour and individuals with low incomes,” says President Biden. Two points arise here. Firstly, abortion is about the greatest act of self harm a …
The wonderful truth of Faith We have received as gift such a wonderful Creation in all its aspects. The beauty of nature so pleasing to the eye and so potentially productive for the needs of all. The harmony of a loving family bringing personal fulfilment and thereby fulfilling humanity which is a family of families. …
Martin Luther King once said, “If a man hasn’t found something worth dying for then he isn’t fit to live.” Ultimately King paid the price for speaking out for the rights of black Americans. Today we remember another person who spoke truth to power and paid with his life, Thomas More, whose feast day it …
“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him the greatest human achievement. The measure of love is to love without measure.” St. Augustine of Hippo “Love one another as I have loved you.” John 15.12 In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus speaks to his disciples …
We can only be all that we can be by being united to Christ the Vine. Separated from him we can only be a poor second – a shadow of the self that God the Father has in mind for us. In the gospel this Sunday Jesus says, “I am the vine, and you are …
This year will mark a significant wedding anniversary for myself and my wife and is well worth celebrating. Celebration is at the heart of what it means to be human and is therefore important for us all. Put simply, celebration is showing we are happy about something. Happiness can be expressed in any number of …