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Dear Friends, The request of the Greek visitors in today’s Gospel is also ours: ‘We would like to see Jesus’. Over the next two weeks the liturgy will reveal to us the one whose ‘hour has come’. We will follow Jesus in his darkest hours alone, betrayed and deserted by his followers. But he will also be lifted up and glorified so that all peoples will be drawn to him … [Read more...] about Newsletter 18.03.18.

Dear Friends, This Sunday is the mid point in Lent when we can briefly have a break from our Lenten penances! Have you seen the pictures of our twinned parish in Cambodia which include the presentation of our gift to Father Greg of a set of new altar bells? Father James   At North Walsham today (Sunday) the Mass is a Family Mass with the children taking major … [Read more...] about Newsletter 11.03.18.

Dear Friends, Last week’s Gospel of the temptations of Jesus reminds us of the challenges of Lent. The gospel of the Transfiguration reminds us of the destination of Lent which is a pilgrimage to encounter the Risen Lord at Easter. I hope you remembered the Lenten CAFOD fast day last Friday. If you didn’t you can still make a donation. Remember that the government adds … [Read more...] about Newsletter 25 02 18

Dear Friends, The first Sunday in Lent tells the story of the temptation of Jesus in the desert. It shows the Lord’s solidarity with us in seeking to resist sin. In the 1st reading God makes a new start with the whole of creation: the rainbow is the sign of the new covenant God is making with his people. Pope Francis reminds us that humanity must recognise that it is an … [Read more...] about Newsletter 18.02.18.

Dear Friends, At the time when St Mark wrote his Gospel leprosy was regarded with horror because there was then no cure and the sufferer was condemned to a long and painful disease. In Christian tradition leprosy has often been used as an image of sin. This theme Bishop Alan develops in is pastoral letter which will be read at every Mass in all the parishes of our diocese … [Read more...] about Newsletter 11.02.18.