Dear friends in Christ

This weekend we have a break in the liturgy from the Sundays in Ordinary Time to celebrate the Triumph of the Cross, which is celebrated each year on 14th September and which replaces the normal Sunday liturgy.

Dear friends in Christ

The Gospel of Mass this Sunday speaks of the requirements Jesus makes for following Him.

Dear friends in Christ

In the Readings of the Mass this Sunday, Jesus offers us a lesson in the virtue of humility.

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A person in the Gospel asks Jesus: Lord, will those who are saved be few? Jesus responds: Strive to enter through the narrow door.

Dear friends in Christ

We are between the two beautiful Marian feasts of the Assumption of Mary last Friday, and her Queenship next Friday.

Dear friends in Christ

The liturgy is a lesson in vigilance this Sunday: because the enemy never rests, and love never sleeps.

Dear friends in Christ

The message of the liturgy of this Sunday is stark: our life on earth is brief!

Dear friends in Christ

We have just completed, and returned from, our Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Today’s Gospel recounts the arrival of Jesus to visit his friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus at Bethany. Jesus would often stop at their house to rest and eat with them. He felt at home there, surrounded by their warmth and affection.

Dear friends in Christ

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the world's best known and loved stories.

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Dear friends in Christ

The words of Our Lord in the Gospel of this Sunday offer us two considerations: firstly He tells us that there is a vast harvest of souls in the world that need to be brought to God

Dear friends in Christ

This weekend we celebrate the memory and lives of Saints Peter and Paul—the two foundations stones of Holy Church.

Dear friends in Christ

This Sunday we celebrate THE Mystery of Faith—the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist—Corpus Christi. It is a feast that really defines us as a Catholic Community, since the Eucharist contains the very heart and soul of the Church.

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The central dogma and mystery of the Christian Faith is the Blessed Trinity—God is three Persons, equal in divinity, united as God.

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Today, as members of the Church born on this day, we can indeed wish each other a happy birthday

Dear friends in Christ

This period between the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, which we celebrated on Thursday, and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost next Sunday, is a time of especial and intense prayer in the life of the Church.

Dear friends in Christ

On Thursday we shall mark and celebrate the end of the period of time Jesus spent with His Apostles following His Resurrection.

Dear friends in Christ

Over these Sundays of Eastertide we hear at Mass from the Book of Revelation.

Dear friends in Christ

On   morning/evening we heard those much awaited words from St Peter’s in Rome: Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus Papam!

Dear friends in Christ

On this Octave of Easter we renew the joy of our celebration of the Resurrection of The Lord!