Dear Friends, There are people in life who ‘fit in’ to a situation so well that you could occasionally not notice them there at all,...

In the first reading at Mass today, we hear of the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, our Patron. It’s a passing, fleeting reference and we...

Happy Easter! Christ is risen! What a joy to celebrate this pinnacle of our lived faith once again, and to rejoice in the bodily...

My Dear Friends, The sacred week is now upon us, and we have some time to rehearse in our minds and in our worship, the mysteries of the...

This Sunday, the church looks a little different to usual, as even the austerity of Lent is intensified with the veiling of images in...

There are some classic verses used as texts for a priest at the end of a ministry. There is from Ps 95: “I was wearied of these people;...

In his introduction to ‘Lent, Holy Week & Easter, Services & Prayers’ (CBF 1986) Douglas Jones writes: The origin of the season of Lent...

The 40 days of Lent, which precedes Easter is based on two Biblical accounts: the 40 years of wilderness wandering by the Israelites and...

Gospel Luke 9 28-43 Just for a change today, I have a couple of visual aids. Some of you have seen one of them before, during our Bible...

Gospel Luke 8: 22-25 The Church of England lectionary, in its desire to prepare us for Lent, this week reminds us of the Creation, and...