Advent is a time of preparation. Our English word comes from the Latin adventus (meaning “coming”). We refer of course to the coming and...

Reflection The festival of Christ the King is a useful reminder that Christ alone is the ultimate authority and not any earthly leader....

Reflection At the end of the Church’s year, as we approach Advent, the issue of the ‘end times’ often comes up in the readings at the...

Remembrance Sunday celebrates and explores - both personally and communally - issues of war and peace, loss and sacrifice, memory and...

All Saints’ Day has its origins in the 7th century. It is particularly associated with these islands because it was placed on the 1st of...

Jesus taught us to love God and our neighbour as ourself. He knew that nothing is more dear to us than ourselves – and therefore how we...

The Bread and Wine of the Eucharist Following the command of Jesus, the Church has always celebrated the Lord’s Supper/Eucharist/Holy...

In this Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 22.1-14) Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a wedding banquet, into which it is not possible to...

Jesus the Cornerstone The dictionary defines the cornerstone as: the stone at the corner of a wall, which unites two unites two...

The Jewish and Christian Scriptures give eloquent expression to the creative power and wisdom of God. Worshipping communities developed...

This Sunday’s Gospel sets before us a parable of Jesus which shows us how God is infinitely generous. The owner – symbolising God himself...

On the 14th of September the Church celebrates Holy Cross Day, ‘The Exaltation of the Cross.’ We have good reason to lift high the cross....