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Dear Friends Today’s Gospel narrates the desertion of many of Jesus’ disciples. Will the Twelve also leave him? Significantly it is Peter who rallies the others and commits the twelve to Jesus: ‘Lord, who shall we go to?’ There may have been times when we too have been tempted to give up, to follow our own path or to leave the Church. But for those whom the Father has called … [Read more...] about Newsletter 26.08.18.

  Dear Friends The reading from the book of Wisdom is pure invitation: all are invited to the feast including the ignorant and the foolish. There is a clear link with the Gospel where Jesus also invites using challenging words: ‘If you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you’. In Hebrew ‘flesh and blood’ mean the whole … [Read more...] about Newsletter 19.08.18.

  Dear Friends Today’s first reading is about the prophet Elijah who has given up all hope. But when angels provide food and drink he is able to continue his journey. There is here a link with the manna which God provided in the desert but also with Jesus who is himself the bread from heaven. The people had complained that they knew who Jesus was and where he came from - … [Read more...] about Newsletter 12.08.18.

  Dear Friends Today’s Gospel reading continues from last Sunday. The people seek out Jesus because they want more ‘signs’ as well as free food! Jesus speaks to them of food that lasts forever. They ask what they must do to have this food. Jesus tells them that it is not good works that count but faith. ‘This is working for God, you must believe in the one he has sent’. … [Read more...] about Newsletter 05.08.18.

  Dear Friends For the next five Sundays we turn from St Mark’s Gospel to that of St John. The overall theme is Jesus the Bread of Life. The multiplication of the food offered by the small boy is in itself inadequate for feeding the vast crowd. But in the hands of Jesus it becomes more than enough—with some left over! St John clearly sees this event as a fore-taste of the … [Read more...] about Newsletter 29.07.18.