Dear friends in Christ

The penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year presents us with a picture of the Second Coming of Christ and the Final Judgment.

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The Readings of the Mass this weekend teach us an important lesson in charity, Christian almsgiving and generosity.

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The first of all the Commandments is the love of God.

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The Readings at MAss this weekend tell us of the reality of what occurs when God passes-by.

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The Gospel of this Sundays Mass tells of the memorable occasion when James and John ask for places of honour in the Kingdom of Jesus.

Dear friends in Christ

In the Gospel of the Mass this weekend, Jesus address each of us with the words…come, follow me.

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Jesus was teaching in Judaea on the banks of the Jordan to a great multitude.

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This weekend we welcome to our Parish Sr Ann Ugoh of the Daughters of Divine Love who will speak at the Masses about the Missionary work of the Church especially in Africa.

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The thread that runs through the Readings of the liturgy this Sunday is the desire for virtue; that is, the desire for the habits of a godly life.

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There are a number of questions in this life which we can safely ignore without consequences.

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Saint Mark wrote his gospel primarily for converts from paganism, and in various passages explains to his readers the meaning of certain Jewish customs.

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At Mass this Sunday we hear from the final instalment of chapter six of Saint John.

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We come to that section in the reading of chapter six of St John’s Gospel where the Jews will not accept that Jesus can give us Himself as food for eternal life

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We continue with our reading, and refections, on the sixth chapter of St John’s Gospel at Mass. Jesus recalls the moment when the Chosen People lost patiences with Moses during their forty-year sojourn through the wilderness.

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Over the next four weeks at Sunday Mass, we shall be hearing from chapter six of St John’s Gospel, often referred to as The Eucharistic Discourse.

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The Gospel of the Mass this Sunday shows the solicitude of Jesus for his disciples, tired as they are after their apostolic works in the neighbouring towns and village.

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This week and last week, the Newsletter has reproduced images from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

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The Second Reading of the Mass this weekend contains the famous passage of St Paul in which he boasts about his weakness.