Looking ahead with hope has never been easy. If recent months have taught us anything, they have taught us that our world is a very strange place indeed. It is…
Jesus liked women. He certainly liked Martha (whose feast we celebrate this week) and her sister Mary. They and their brother, Lazarus, lived in Bethany, a small village a few…
You know the saying: never judge a book by its cover. Well, the same could be said about people. Never judge them by their faces or the way they appear. …
POETRY - A BALM FOR THE SOUL We have now spent over three months in lockdown. For many people it has been simply the very worst of times. Countless families…
CORPUS CHRISTI AND A FUNERAL I don’t know what you made of George Floyd’s Funeral Service last week. For me, the Liturgy was rather foreign to my sensitive and shy…
Last Sunday we celebrated the feast of the Holy Trinity. Christians believe in one God - as we say in the Creed: “We believe in one God” but the Creed…
Pentecost is one of the great feasts of the Church. It marks the end of the Easter season and celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. It…
The Ascension: Up, Up, But Not Away! The period between the feasts of Ascension and Pentecost is an interesting one. It has been called the "already but not yet period".…
I like all the seasons but Spring is probably my favourite. I like it for many reasons, not least for the lengthening and warmer days. And, of course, it always…