Two thousand years ago Nazareth, the home-town of Jesus, was very small with a population of only about 400 people. This means that everyone would have known everyone...
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words
We don't often consider the psalm of each day's Mass when reflecting on the scriptures of the liturgy, but the psalm can provides a helpful key to understanding the...
get up
Today's gospel is one of Jesus' best known parables. The account, usually named the Prodigal Son, is really about the loving father. That change of name is an important...
dust shaking
Take a moment to read today's brief gospel: Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed...
success
What is that you hope for your children? In today's gospel reading we meet the "mother of the sons of Zebedee." She was ambitious for her boys, but in the conversation...
highway of hope
Take a moment to read the opening verses of today's gospel reading : Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken...
in every age
Something a bit different today from the life of a country priest. Yesterday morning we celebrated the Sunday 10.00am Amberley Mass in the meeting room behind the...
earth & heaven
Mountain tops are significant places in the Bible. In the Old Testament God was thought to dwell in the distant heavens therefore if you wanted to get close to God you...
gift of the law
Most of us are not too keen on rules. Something in us fears that laws will limit our liberty and therefore we will be less happy. The underlying thought is that we will...
from the pit
Catholicism is a communal faith and Catholicism is also about personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In different eras of Christian history one has sometimes been...
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luminosity
Each of these mysteries is a revelation of the Kingdom now present in the very person of Jesus.
power & prayer
Something a little different today: A three minute video testimony to the power of the Prayer of the Rosary.
Jesus @ 12
And let’s remember in prayer those whose feelings of being lost, worried, seeking and panic last well beyond a few days.
Presentation
This week I’m enjoying the opportunity to slowly savour each decade of the Rosary, taking time during the day to meditate the mystery.
God who breathes
Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.