Gospel John 6 1-21. I have been very moved by the messages of support following my homily (and thought for the week) last weekend. Bless...

Gospel reading Mark 6.30-34 & 53-end. Over the weekend of the ‘Petertide’ Ordinations and Ordination anniversaries (I celebrated my 35th...

Readings: Ezekiel 2: 1-5, 2Cor 12: 2-10, Mark 6:1-13. Evangelism may not be a dirty word, but for many if not most ‘ordinary Christians’...

Gospel reading, Mark 5:21-43 Last Sunday in our Gospel reading we considered Jesus’ call for calm even in the midst of a sudden crisis,...

I have no idea if it was a change in Bible version or what, but I have never really noticed a small detail in today’s Gospel. The cushion....

Oh dear! My brain aches! These seem such complicated readings don’t they! 2 Corinthians 5.6-10 Brothers and sisters, we are always...

Thought for the week Trinity 1 / Corpus Christi. A famous quote to begin with: From the great liturgist, Dom Gregory Dix, an Anglican...

Excuse me, but I am going to use a personal reflection again today. Sorry! When I was a child, I spent a lot of time with my...

Acts 2. 1-21. Wow! That reading is pretty dramatic isn’t it! The Holy Spirit comes down upon the Apostles in the most dramatic of ways –...

Acts 1. 1-11 (Ascension Day) & John 17. 6-19 (Sunday after Ascension, Easter 7) Acts 1. v9 – “(Jesus) was lifted up and a cloud took him...