The gift points to the giver.
Dear Friends, Our readings are beginning to turn our attention towards Lent. In the old Calendar this Sunday is referred to a Septuagesima, reminding us there are 70 days until the end of Easter week...
View ArticleWords reveal the contents of our heart.
Dear Friends, James’ writes in his epistle, “No human being can tame the tongue…with it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.” James is only...
View ArticleCo-operating with God: Reflection on the Transfiguration
Dear Friends “He will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body.” This is the great promise which is held out to us. That the glory which Christ has, the perfection and...
View ArticleDeliver us! Readings for Lent 3.
Dear Friends, This week we once again encounter God on the mountain. Moses in our Old Testament lesson meets God in the burning bush. In so doing God reveals something about himself. Moses has to take...
View Article“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her”
Dear friends, In the epistle St Paul says that we cannot earn our way to salvation in Christ. He speaks about a righteousness that comes from faith – our trusting ourselves to Christ and his infinite...
View ArticleGood Shepherd Sunday: Fr Neil’s Homily.
We hear from Jesus, in the Gospel, that it is those who hear his voice and respond that are given eternal life, “and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of the my hand.” (Jn...
View ArticleAvenge me of mine adversary (Luke 18:1-8)
In the Parable of the Unjust Judge and the Persistent Widow we are given a purely human account of how ‘justice’ works. Men grant ‘rights’ and follow ‘laws’ simply out of convenience, rarely if ever,...
View ArticleBehold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world: Fr Neil’s homily.
John the Baptist sees that which others do not. He sees beyond the mere outward appearance of a man, his cousin. His eyes are opened to see the Ancient of Days, the Messiah, and in this person, the...
View ArticleFr Thomas’ homily for 2 February, Candlemass.
“The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come into his Temple.” If we turn back into the Old Testament, to when the Temple first came into use, we find an extraordinary scene. Vast crowds gathered...
View ArticleLight for the blind: Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
Fr Neil’s homily at Mass on the Fourth Sunday in Lent, 22 March 2020 Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” Our Lord encounters a man born blind and is asked if his blindness is due to sin, either...
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