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Dear Friends, Today is sometimes called Low Sunday in contrast to the ‘high’ Sunday that is Easter day. During Eastertide we will hear how the disciples reacted to the Easter event, gradually coming to realise its meaning. The reading from Revelation shows that with the Resurrection everything has changed and the way has been opened to the infinite and unimaginable. It … [Read more...] about Newsletter 28.04.19.

Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is much more than chocolate eggs and bunny rabbits! Our Christian lives have no meaning if the Christ who died for us has not also risen. At every celebration of the Eucharist it is his death that we commemorate - but the presence is that of the Risen Lord. During Holy Week we relived the Last Supper, … [Read more...] about Newsletter 21.04.19.

Dear Friends, This week which we call Holy is central to the Church’s year. During these days we recall in the liturgy the journey of Jesus to his passion and death on the cross culminating in his glorious resurrection. It is the one time in the year when our three communities come together over the three days of the Triduum to relive the saving events of our salvation. Palm … [Read more...] about Newsletter 14.04.19.

Dear Friends, The beautiful Gospel reading today gives us an opportunity to reflect on judgement and mercy - important themes for Lent. It is a story of contrasts: the bustle and violence of those who drag the woman before Jesus demanding that she be stoned to death.; the serenity and calmness of Jesus who writes silently on the ground and utters only the briefest comment to … [Read more...] about Newsletter 07.04.19.

Dear Friends, Today we hear the story of the Prodigal Son. It could also be called the story of the indulgent father. Yet this is how Jesus shows us what God is like - a far cry from the angry and vengeful God that we are sometimes tempted to imagine. This weekend we will be supporting CAFOD’s appeal for the victims of the disaster in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. As … [Read more...] about Newsletter 31.03.19.