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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – 12th August 2018
In the first reading today we have the beginning of God’s response to Job: From the heart of the tempest, the Lord gave Job his answer…’Who put the sea behind closed doors?… come thus far and no further …I marked the bounds it was not to cross.’ In scripture, the Read More... from Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost...
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – 5th August 2018
This is what the kingdom of God is like……… Gospel The literal meaning of ‘kingdom’ is ‘rule’. Jesus is trying to describe what the rule of God is like. Clearly, he does not describe this in terms of rules and laws. Rather, he uses stories to describe God’s extraordinary love Read More... from...
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – 29th July 2018
Jesus went home with his disciples, and such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they set out to take charge of him, convinced he was out of his mind. Gospel So often people seem to imagine Jesus as someone who Read More... from Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – 29th July...
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – 22nd July 2018
I am the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt. Responsorial Psalm The Hebrew people knew exactly what they meant by being ‘saved’ – it was the passing from slavery into freedom. We tend to think of salvation in terms of ‘getting to heaven’. It can Read More... from Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – 22nd...
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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – 15th July 2018
All my being, bless God’s holy name. We acknowledge fairly readily that we as human beings are unique on this planet of ours. We have intelligence and free will. We can love. We are creatures before the Creator, and in the immensity and vastness of creation we are unique in that Read More... from Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – 15th July...
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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – 8th July 2018
No need to recall the past; no need to think about what was done before. See, I am doing a new deed, even now it comes to light, can you not see it? We should not take these words about recalling the past literally. We must keep recalling the ways Read More... from Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – 8th July...
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – 1st July 2018
Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. Gospel Every human being has a need to be touched. Jesus touched the leper. He had no need to do so to heal him. By touching him, Jesus broke the law demanding separation (cf the first reading), and so made himself an outcast, Read More... from Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – 1st July...
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Winter Solstice Dinner
Come join us for an evening of good food and great company! Read More... from Winter Solstice...
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Palm Sunday
Many thanks to Ailsa for a lovely picture of St Paul’s all dressed up for Palm Sunday! Read More... from Palm...
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