Monthly Archives: May 2016
Pentecost Sunday
The Spirit of Freedom As you know after this Sunday, the day of Pentecost, the Church returns to the Ordinary Sundays of the year. We are thus returning to read the gospel of Luke, our evangelist for this year, which … Continue reading
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The Ascension
A Happy Departure A careful reading of chapter 20 of St John’s Gospel (which in reality is the last chapter of his Gospel) will disclose the following: Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday and appeared to Mary Magdalena … Continue reading
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6th Sunday of Easter
The sign of peace… a peace the world cannot give. In what way do we understand the word peace? I suppose context is everything and so like everything else circumstances and situations are paramount. We might say that peace is … Continue reading
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Trinity Sunday
Belonging One of the things that we try and encourage and emphasise about our faith is the sense of belonging which we feel and experience as we live our lives alongside each other. It is an essential element of being … Continue reading →