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      Dear Friends One of the greatest challenges to Christians is reconciling our faith in a good God with the reality of evil and suffering. Our faith does not offer a neat philosophical answer to suffering and evil. Instead it insists that the final word is always God’s word of life and fulfilment. Paul speaks of Jesus ‘making himself ‘poor for your sake’. He is … [Read more...] about Newsletter 01.07.18.

  Dear Friends Today we celebrate the feast of the Birth of St John the Baptist. John is mentioned in all the Gospels as setting the stage for Jesus. He is a prophet in the Old Testament tradition - one who is called to speak God’s word. He is a link between the promises of the past and their fulfilment. He recognised that God was at work in Jesus and this he proclaimed … [Read more...] about Newsletter 24.06.18.

Dear Friends We all love stories. Jesus used stories or parables to explain profound truths. His audience was made up chiefly of simple country people who were familiar with work on the land. Today’s parables illustrate how God presence in the world is alive and dynamic.  The annual Parish General Meeting (meal with AGM) was to have taken place on Monday. However quite a … [Read more...] about Newsletter 17.06.18.

Dear Friends The story of Adam and Eve (1st reading) seeks to deal with the origins of the reality of evil. In Mark’s Gospel the people do not really understand who Jesus is until the Crucifixion when the centurion acknowledges him as the Son of God. The only exceptions are the evil spirits over whom Jesus shows that he has mastery and who alone recognise him as the ‘Holy … [Read more...] about Newsletter 10.06.18.

  Dear Friends Today the Church celebrates her faith in the Corpus Christi - the Body and Blood of Christ which we receive in the Eucharist. Catholics have a saying: ‘it is the Mass that matters’. It is the Mass that unites us with the risen Christ and with one another. We receive the Body of Christ in order to become more fully the Body. Adoremus: Liverpool. In … [Read more...] about Newsletter 03.06.18.