The greatest of all the commandment as Jesus Christ rightly told one of the Scribes that questioned him, is the Love of the Lord our God and the Love of the neighbour as we love ourselves. This true and unconditional … Continue reading
Dear Parishioners, Reflecting on the first reading from Jeremiah and on the gospel, we can see that God does not leave any one out. God’s plans for hope and for healing really are for everybody. In the reading from Jeremiah, … Continue reading
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2024 Go and invite everyone to the banquet (cf. Matthew 22:9) Dear brothers and sisters! The theme I have chosen for this year’s World Mission Day is taken from the … Continue reading
ARCHBISHOP’S HOUSE, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1P 1QJ Pastoral Letter on Assisted Suicide 12/13 October 2024 My brothers and sisters, This Wednesday, 16 October 2024, a bill will be introduced to Parliament proposing a change in the law to permit assisted suicide. … Continue reading
Dear Parishioners. Today’s readings speak about God’s plan for us. God called us from the beginning to live in harmony, in unity with Him and among ourselves. Since the beginning God had a project for us. He wanted to share … Continue reading
Dear Parishioners. The mercy of God is invoked upon all its members by the Mother Church at the begging of our celebration this week. We should in turn as Christ faithful show mercy to others. The first reading emphasised on … Continue reading
Dear Parishioners. The assurance of God to care and save us, is what the Church use to welcome us to this Sunday Eucharistic celebration. God promise to listen to us when we cry to God in any distress, “I will … Continue reading
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
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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