Fr Andrew Teather
2 days ago
Thought for the week - 22 December 2024
There are so many announcements and proclamations made that sometimes you could be forgiven for being a little underwhelmed by their...
Fr Clive Lord
Dec 15
Thought for the week - 15 December 2024
Today we celebrate Gaudete Sunday, a moment in Advent where the mood shifts, where the purple of penitence softens into rose, and the...
Fr Andrew Teather
Dec 8
Thought for the week - 8 December 2024
There is a time and a season to go back home – to return to some kind of beginning, whether this is to rediscover the reason we set out...
Fr Andrew Teather
Nov 24
Thought for the Week - 24 November
All through his life Jesus showed that he was no pushover, he was his own man, if you like. No one controlled him. No one manipulated him...
Fr Clive Lord
Nov 17
Thought for the week - 17 November 2024
As we near the close of the liturgical year, this week’s Gospel invites us to look beyond the passing world. Though stars and moons may...
Fr Andrew Teather
Nov 10
Thought for the week - 10 November 2024
We are approaching Advent and the beginning of the new liturgical year, so there is a deliberate theme of endings to the readings now,...
St Stephens
Nov 3
Thought for the week - 3 November 2024
Today we are blessed to have Joan Marston preaching at the two morning masses. Joan is a lay Canon of Bloemfontein and Blackburn...
Fr Andrew Teather
Oct 27
Thought for the week 27 October 2024
The Gospel today is pretty shocking, and typical of the grammatical style of Mark. The events and teachings recorded by Mark are meant to...
Fr Andrew Teather
Oct 20
Thought for the week - 20 October 2024
It’s probably not unreasonable to walk into a battle which you are almost certainly going to lose and to forget what you have been told...
Fr Andrew Teather
Oct 6
Thought for the week 6 October 2024
Adam sounds just like a teenager when God introduces him to Eve: This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. ‘We were made for...