Monthly Archives: February 2016
2nd Sunday of Lent
Exodus Today we read one of the most remarkable of gospel passages- the Transfiguration. There is nothing quite like it and I’m sure that like me you find it difficult to comprehend or take on board. The questions we ask … Continue reading
The Retired Parishioners’ New Year Lunch
Retired Parishioners New Year Lunch 2016
1st Sunday of Lent
Are you ready for Lent? And so it begins. Lent has certainly rushed upon this year. No sooner have the memories of Christmas only just passed, than we are into thoughts of fasting, prayer and alms giving. Well, perhaps the … Continue reading
5th Sunday of the Year
Into deep water This turn of phrase which Jesus uses to tell Simon Peter to cast his net one more time into the lake after a night of fruitless labour, is powerfully symbolic. All of us know the feeling of … Continue reading
3rd Sunday of Lent
Here we go again Two thousand years ago a tower collapses at Siloam; last week a tower collapses at Didcott. Loved ones are lost, precious ones unexpectedly ripped away from their families. For those left their lives are radically changed, … Continue reading →