
Fr Dominic writes: Rublev’s Icon – All are Welcome
There is a beautiful Russian Icon of the Blessed Trinity painted by a monk by the name of Rublev. It depicts the three Divine Persons sitting at a table. A dish of food lies...
There is a beautiful Russian Icon of the Blessed Trinity painted by a monk by the name of Rublev. It depicts the three Divine Persons sitting at a table. A dish of food lies...
Pentecost is a great day in the Church’s life. It is a celebration of Jesus’ gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church and to each of the baptised.Today we recall the powerful events...
We are called to be in the world not on some ideal, antiseptic island. Over the centuries, some Christians felt that the world was so corrupt that the only solution was to flee into...
In his commentary on this Gospel Fr. Silvester O’Flynn writes: “I have one special wish for my death-bed. I long to have somebody reading these consoling words of the farewell discourse of Jesus.” In...
Over the next while in the Parish we will witness the great work of our parents as they guide their children and young people into the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Those...
The two people walking to Emmaus were evidently followers of Jesus. They don’t appear anywhere else in the Gospel. We don’t hear about them before or after this incident. We only know the name...
A striking feature about this Gospel scene is that the Risen Christ retained the scars on the passion on His body. It’s quite extraordinary. Jesus had a transformed, exalted, glorious risen body that could...
Sometimes in the Gospel, there is a single detail that tells the whole story. There is such a detail in this Gospel reading that goes to the very heart of Easter. They came to...
Very often when we are asked about our beliefs, our faith, our religion we can happily answer that we believe in God, we are Christian and we are Catholic. This seems straightforward but it...