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4 days ago
3 min

18th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

In a time of pandemic and fear, it’s worth reflecting on the difference Christ makes.

Jul 25
5 min

17th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

I think we have looked at the idea of culture previously, and it features again prominently in today’s readings. As we know, the words...

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Jul 18
4 min

16th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

I remember reading an interview with an exorcist, who recounted some terrifying tales of possession. The interviewer followed these...

St Mary's

Jul 11
4 min

15th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

Our gospel today introduces us to Jesus’s parables. The parable of the sower is the first parable in Matthew’s gospel; and some consider...

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Jul 4
3 min

14th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

Can any of you remember what you were like at the age of 3 or 4?

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Jun 27
4 min

13th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

This gospel reminds me of another one. In our gospel today, Jesus talks about rewards. He says that anyone who welcomes a prophet will...

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Jun 21
4 min

12 Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

Our first reading comes from the prophet Jeremiah. It is well worth reading all of the prophet Jeremiah because...

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Jun 16
4 min

Feast of Corpus Christi, Year A

Every year we have this wonderful run of feasts: Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, and now Corpus Christi.

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Jun 7
3 min

Trinity Sunday, Year A

That God, who is love and peace, is Trinity.

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May 30
4 min

Pentecost, Year A

Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the moment when the Holy Spirit came with power. Jesus had told his disciples to remain...

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May 23
4 min

Mass of the Ascension, Year A

The feast of the Ascension is not always the easiest feast to grasp. Often we can slip past it on the way from Easter to Pentecost.

St Mary's

May 17
5 min

6th Sunday Easter, Year A

When the subject of hope or faith comes up, it is not always easy to know where to start.

St Mary's

May 9
3 min

5th Sunday of Easter, Year A

Two questions came to my mind as I thought about today’s gospel. What does it mean to follow the way of Christ? And...

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May 2
3 min

4th Sunday of Easter, Year A (Father Joe Caddy)

I have a clear memory of a baptism that I did here at St Mary’s a little time back. When the mother came up to the font with her baby...

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Apr 25
4 min

3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A

As we’ve said before, Easter used to be the only time people would enter the Church. And so Lent actually developed as the preparation...

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Apr 18
4 min

2nd Sunday of Easter, Year A

Before we begin, a point that might be of interest. Our entrance antiphon today begins with “Like newborn infants...” In the Latin...

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Apr 11
4 min

Easter Sunday

What a strange Good Friday that was! Joe and I rang the funeral bells at 3pm to indicate the beginning of the liturgy, and heard people...

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Apr 11
3 min

Easter Sunday (Deacon Jim Curtain)

The two of us, Fr Jerome and me, are standing here in an empty church. Mary of Magdala, Peter, and John, were standing at an empty tomb...

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Apr 10
2 min

Easter Vigil (Fr Joe Caddy)

What a scene confronts the women in Matthew’s Gospel when they go to the tomb!

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Apr 9
4 min

Good Friday

Good Friday is one of the quietest days of the year. Shops are closed. There is less traffic on the roads. The air seems heavier...

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