Dear Parishioners. In our first reading of today, the suffering servant of Yahweh is assured of God’s help. The psalm is a prayer in praise of God for saving his people, while St. James in the second reading reminded us … Continue reading
Dear Parishioners. This Sunday is the 23rd Sunday in ordinary time and our first reading and gospel speak of Gods capacity to cure our blindness, deafness and dumbness. Mark, in this gospel tells of Jesus’ miracle to cure a deaf … Continue reading
Laws and Customs are part of our daily lived experience. They are ways of regulating our relationship with God and others. Laws and customs also give us our identity as a people and as a Kingdom. They control and give … Continue reading
On this 21st Sunday in ordinary time, following the desertion of Jesus in today’s gospel from John chapter 6 verses 60 -69 by many of his disciples, the twelve stood by him offering him their undying loyalty. Since the event of … Continue reading
DAILY MASS READINGS
Unplug the phone charger. According to O2 only 5% of the energy used by the UK’s mobile phone chargers is actually used to charge phones. The other 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions just go into the atmosphere.
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