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get up

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 shift if we want to appreciate what Jesus is teaching us: it's really about God, not about us. The...

dust shaking

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 them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick –no food, no sack, no money in their...

success

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 with Jesus she comes to see that something more is offered than an earthly understanding of human...

highway of hope

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 their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but...

in every age

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 church. It was a bit cramped but all for a good cause since the historic Amberley Church of the Holy...