St Stephens
Dec 5, 2021
Thought for the week - 5 December
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord.’ Doesn’t it strike you as odd? What’s the point of crying out...
Fr Andrew Sage
Nov 28, 2021
Thought for the week - 28 November
Years ago, Helen and I used to foster children often for a short time in an emergency. One little girl came to us and stayed longer than...
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 Harry
Oct 24, 2021
Thought for the week - 24 October
“Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” I’ve sometimes wondered which would be worst: to be completely blind or completely deaf. Not...
Fr Harry
Oct 17, 2021
Thought for the week - 17 October
Gospel: Mark 10: 35-45 Everybody wants to be somebody. Since the dawn of history human beings have been trying to move up the scale of...
Fr Harry
Oct 10, 2021
Thought for the week - 10 October
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have...
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...