For how many people is the coming of Christmas a time of difficulty, acute awareness of bereavement, panic because of financial difficulties, or just despair? How many people dread the season when they are...
We are becoming accustomed to hearing the word “King” a lot more after the passing of Queen Elizabeth, we hear it in other contexts too, “the King of the Jungle”, “the King of Swing”,...
If you have collected an empty shoebox for Operation Christmas Child then tomorrow is the last day that you can drop them off at the Parish Office. They will be collected this week and...
Anxiety about the future is really a universal emotion. At some times in our lives everyone will wonder and worry about the future. Our lives are lived within three dimensions of time. Each of...
Our Liturgy today is dominated with the assurance of an afterlife. It is a splendid hope. Life is not a journey to nowhere. It is a journey to the promised land of eternal life....
In our Gospel Jesus is a guest in Zacchaeus’s house. We know how the visit began and we know how it ended. What happened in-between. Jesus summed up the encounter by saying; “Today Salvation...
The Pharisees were concerned with the correct application of the Law, they always decided on the strictest application of the Law. They tries to make themselves “pure” and formed cliques that only eat with...
One of the many things that mark out Catholics from the other Christian denominations is our devotion to praying for our dead, those who have gone before us. We pray for the remission of...
November is the Month of Holy Souls: You will find the leaflet in church for placing names on the Remembrance List for November. Please pick up and complete and return to us in the...