“Prepare the Way of the Lord”. That simple message in St Mark’s Gospel today says it all. The Advent Wreath in our church reminds us of the light of our life whose birth we are about to celebrate. The Christmas tree reminds us that Jesus is the cent... read more
The season of Advent has begun. Unlike Lent this is not a season of serious fasting but, rather, a season of joyful anticipation. The signs of the Christmas Season will begin to appear in our Parish Church. This weekend the Advent Wreath is in place remin... read more
We have arrived at the last Sunday of our church’s year for 2017. It is the feast of Christ the King. This special feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925. It symbolises that, although kings and queens are being replaced by republics around the... read more
MESSAGE FROM MONS JOHN In the 1960’s our church published a document called “The constitution of the Church in the Modern World”. It was one of the most important statements emanating from the Second Vatican Council of the Church. In Chapter 34 of... read more
Today we read in St Matthew’s Gospel a criticism of the religious leaders of Jesus’ time, the Pharisees, for not practicing what they preached. The inference was that people should heed what the Pharisees say, but don’t do what they do. ... read more
Last week the religious leaders endeavoured to use the issue of paying taxes to Caesar as means of demonstrating that Jesus was an unfaithful Jew. Their attempt failed. In today’s story, knowing there are ten commandments in the law of Moses, the Jewish... read more
MESSAGE FROM MONS JOHN – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time / A – 22nd October, 2017 In St Matthews’s Gospel, especially in the passage we have been reading on the past few Sundays, Jesus is reported to have been very critical of the High Priests ... read more
MESSAGE FROM MONS JOHN – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time / A – 13th October, 2017 Fancy being invited to a special event like having lunch with the queen or a stroll around the Vatican gardens with the Pope for no other reason than you were simpl... read more