Fr Andrew Sage
Oct 31, 2021
Thought for the week - 31 October
A few years ago, this ‘Grumpy Old Man’ wrote a tongue in cheek article about the obligation for Christians to attend Sunday Mass. I was...
Fr Andrew Sage
Oct 3, 2021
Thought for the week - 3 October
The Holy Angels I thought for a change, rather than look at the Sunday Gospel, we might look at one of the great feast days from the last...
Fr Andrew Sage
Sep 26, 2021
Thought for the week - 26 September
Gospel, Mark 9.38-50 Well, here we go again – a familiar theme with Mark. The disciples getting it wrong again! This time they are...
Fr Andrew Sage
Sep 19, 2021
Thought for the week - 19 September
Gospel Mark 9: 30-37. Mark is not very kind to the Disciples in his Gospel. They are slow, sometimes even stupid, they are the ones who...
Fr Andrew Sage
Sep 12, 2021
Thought for the week - 12 September
Last Sunday, Ian asked me “Are you doing a thought for the week next Sunday?” My initial reaction was – No! My Thought for the week is...
Fr Andrew Sage
Sep 5, 2021
Thought for the week - 5 September
Gospel Mark 7: 24 – 37 Last Sunday saw Jesus challenging the hypocritical Pharisees for making rituals an end in themselves, rather than...
Fr Andrew Sage
Aug 15, 2021
Thought for the week - The Assumption
The commemoration of the death of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Dormition, or falling asleep, as it was known in the East) is known as the...
Fr Andrew Sage
Aug 8, 2021
Thought for the week - 8 August
Trinity 10. Gospel John 6: 35 & 41-51 In today’s gospel, John picks up, or rather continues, Jesus’ theme of The Bread of Life – a...
Fr Andrew Sage
Jul 25, 2021
Thought for the week - 25 July
Gospel John 6 1-21. I have been very moved by the messages of support following my homily (and thought for the week) last weekend. Bless...
Fr Andrew Sage
Jul 18, 2021
Thought for the week - 18 July. Passengers are welcome
Gospel reading Mark 6.30-34 & 53-end. Over the weekend of the ‘Petertide’ Ordinations and Ordination anniversaries (I celebrated my 35th...