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Dear Friends, Before baptising his cousin John the Baptist was unaware that Jesus was the Messiah. When he saw the Spirit come down and rest on him he recognises that Jesus was to be the Lamb of future atonements, chosen by God to baptise in the Spirit. I am planning a parish trip to France for the first week in October. More details and costs will soon be … [Read more...] about Newsletter 15.01.17.

Dear Friends, Today, the Feast of the Epiphany, we add the Magi to the Christmas crib. All three readings take us out of the cosy and local to a truly universal dimension. Isaiah sees all nations coming to receive the light of Jerusalem. St Paul speaks of ’the Mystery that has now been revealed’ which means that all peoples can now share the promise made by God. St Matthew … [Read more...] about Newsletter 08.01.17.

Dear Friends, Today we are on the threshold of a new year. Today is also the feast of Mary, Mother of God. She is the still centre of today’s Gospel reading to which everyone -shepherds, townspeople, and later the Magi will gravitate. She ‘ponders these things in her heart’. She prepares herself for what the future would hold - both her future and that of her Son. She … [Read more...] about Newsletter 01.01.17.

Dear Friends, The four weeks of Advent, so full of hope and expectation, have now come to an end as we light the fifth candle on the Advent wreath. Today we celebrate the coming into the world of time the eternal Word of God made flesh. To those who accept him ‘he gave power to become children of God’. This is the very heart of the mystery that we celebrate at Christmas. We … [Read more...] about Newsletter 25.12.16.