Fr Dominic Writes: Small is beautiful!

Two common phrases we hear today are, “the bigger, the better! “And “the more the merrier!”. People want to live in the biggest house, drive the biggest car and belong to the biggest church....

Fr Dominic Writes: The Holy Trinity – a personal relationship with the Creator, Redeemer & Sanctifier

In today’s Gospel we read that Baptism is to be administered in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We must try to appreciate the weight of...

Fr Dominic Writes: “You are my friends”

In the middle years of the nineteenth century a clergyman named Charles Kinsley was the personal chaplain to Queen Victoria. He was a man she greatly admired. The story is told that one day...

Fr Dominic Writes: We cannot survive without each other!

Is there anyone you know who has not got a belly button? Your navel reminds you that you are not a self made person. Your very life was the gift of your mother and...

Fr Dominic writes: Change of Masses at the Catholic Parishes of Borehamwood

We are now in the process of installing Live Streaming in SS John Fisher and Thomas More in Rossington Avenue. Since last March we have not had any Masses there as they could not...

Fr Dominic Writes: Thomas healed by the wounded healer!

Thomas is at centre of our Gospel today. After the death of Jesus he fled from the company of the other apostles. Thus he misses the first appearance of the risen Lord. However he...

Fr Dominic Writes: Holy Week & the Triduum – Jesus goes to Jerusalem in obedience to the Father

What a great start to Holy Week, a triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Crowds waving palms, throwing their coats before him and shouting Hosanna in the highest. The people were excited because this great teacher...

Fr Dominic writes: God loved the world so much!

The First Reading shows how God remained faithful to his people in spite of their infidelities. God’s promises were not nullified by the sins of his people. It was because of their sins that...

Fr Dominic Writes: The Sacrifice of Isaac – this is a hard ask!

The story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac is a strange story. In truth, it is a shocking story. What is most disturbing is the image of God that comes across....