For all the austerity of his life, John spoke to people in words they could grasp. It was his austerity that drew people’s respect and trust. Here was a man who cared nothing for comfort, money or fame, who could not be bought, and who could speak the truth withoutRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary Christmas Carol Concert Thursday 12th December 2024 1930 Pensioners Christmas Meal Sunday 15th December 2024 at noon. Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 PrizeRead More →
Luke provides an extraordinarily detailed list of the public officials who were in office when John and Jesus began their work. The names of Pontius Pilate and of Herod the tetrarch are easily recognised here. Luke demonstrates that John the Baptist and Jesus enter into the real world of history,Read More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calendar. Dates for your Diary Curry Night Saturday 7th December 2024 Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mrs Margaret O’Hare WHY NOT JOIN THE 200Read More →
On this First Sunday of Advent, we begin a new liturgical year. This season of Advent reminds us to be attentive of the various ways Jesus daily comes into our lives. However, the Gospel reading for this first Sunday of Advent is a bit unsettling. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus tellsRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary Pensioners Christmas Meal Sunday 15th December 2024 Noon Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mr John Kealey WHY NOT JOINRead More →
Jesus was given in an act of vulnerability, he came vulnerable in manger-mild, and he was killed in the great act of willing vulnerability. This is important, and inextricably bound to his Kingship. This is the kind of king that Jesus was, and is. It does do one well toRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary Pensioner’s Christmas meal Sunday 15th December noon. Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mrs Monica Magee WHY NOT JOIN THERead More →
We frequently hear the phrase, “the signs of the times”. This gospel deals with the signs of the end-times. Is there a certain tension between the description of these events (taken in part from the Book of Daniel) and the last verse which states that “about that day or hourRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calendar. Dates for your Diary Coffee morning Tuesday 12th November at 10:30am Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mr & Mrs Anthony and Barbara GarnerRead More →
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