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Dear Friends, What’s in a name? Actually quite a lot! To know a person’s name and be able to use it says something about the relationship we have with them. In today’s 1st reading God entrusts Moses and, through him, the people, with his own name. This changes the nature of the relationship which is now a personal and intimate one. The Gospel challenges its listeners to … [Read more...] about Newsletter 24.03.19.

Dear Friends, During Lent this year the Old Testament readings explore the theme of God’s promises to his people and how God has fulfilled them - the theme of the covenant. For us as we prepare for the celebration of the New Covenant these readings prefigure and offer insights into the Paschal Mystery - the death and resurrection of Christ. For Christians the broken body of … [Read more...] about Newsletter 17.03.19.

Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel is an account of the temptation of Jesus. He is offered power and success but on the devil’s terms. We have a chance to begin Lent reflecting on sin and temptation, seeing Lent as a desert time when we deal with them in our personal lives. More copies of our Lent book ‘The Shattering of Loneliness’ will be available costing a modest … [Read more...] about Newsletter 10.03.19.

  Dear Friends, Jesus has left us a life to be imitated much more that doctrines to be known. Better still, he has left us a word to live in our hearts, in our deepest being, where he himself lives through faith, where our love and freedom give themselves to him. A life without words is better than words without life. On Wednesday we begin the season of Lent with Mass … [Read more...] about Newsletter 03.03.19.

  Dear Friends, The love that Jesus presents in today’s Gospel is far from easy! Are we capable of answering hatred with goodness, curses with blessings, ill-treatment with prayer? Lent is fast approaching. This year I am recommending as a Lent book ‘The Shattering of Loneliness’ It is written by Fr Eric Varden, the abbot of Mount St Bernard, a Cistercian Abbey near … [Read more...] about Newsletter 24.02.19.