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1st Sunday of Advent 2020.29th November –5th December.Advent is a time of preparation, conversion and renewal. Pope Francis encourages us as we enter into the season: ‘Advent, a time of grace, tells us that it is not enough to believe in God; it is necessary to purify our faith every day’. In today’s first reading Isaiah says: ‘O that you would tear the heavens open and come … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 29.11.20

34th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 Solemnity of Christ the King. 22nd–28th November. This Sunday, the last in the Church’s year, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. His sovereignty is not over temporal affairs. It is more about his hidden existence in the poor and the humble. He is the defender and protector of their rights. We must love God and mankind to the end, but … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 22.11.20

33rd Week in Ordinary Time 2020. 15th –21st November. In today’s Gospel Matthew narrates the parable of the talents. The servant who buries his talent is described as wicked and lazy. It may be that Matthew is directing this parable to a Christian community that had become complacent. He is urging the faithful to embrace the life of the Gospel with energy and … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 15.11.20

32nd Week in Ordinary Time 2020. Sunday: Remembrance Sunday.8th –14th November. Wisdom is the theme that runs through today’s readings. In the Gospel Jesus exhorts his listeners to ‘stay awake’. In fact, all the bridesmaids fall asleep, the wise as well as the foolish. The difference is that the wise have the oil they had the foresight to obtain in order to welcome the … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 8.11.20

31st Week in Ordinary Time 2020. 1st –7th November.Sunday: Solemnity of All Saints.Today we celebrate the holiness of ordinary people. To be a saint is to be loved by God and to love God. That love carries an extraordinary promise: ‘we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is’.If you wish to attend a Sunday Mass you will need to book a place with the … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 01.11.20