St Stephens
Aug 25
Thought for the week - 25 August 2024
Doing things that we don’t particularly want to do is one of the markers of a civilised society I think, and the lack of doing so is one...
Fr Andrew Teather
Jul 21
Thought for the week - 21 July
Maybe we missed it the first time, so Mark, evangelist of few words, repeats it, just in case – let us go away to a quiet place and be by...
Fr Andrew Teather
Jul 14
Thought for the week - 14 July 2024
‘Go away, seer, flee to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and prophesy there’. A bleak response to Amos in today’s first reading,...
Fr Andrew Teather
Jul 7
Thought for the week - 7 July 2024
Today, my friends, I want to begin this letter by paying tribute to my friend, colleague and assistant priest Father Paul Smith. Fr Paul...
Cathy Davies
Jun 30
Thought for the week - 30 June 2024
Who is Jesus? Who is He? When I started thinking about this Thought for the Week, and looked at the gospel reading, I got to wondering...
Jan Delauney
Jun 23
Thought for the week - 23 June 2024
I was kindly asked to write this week's 'Thought for the week' and I am grateful to be trusted with such an important responsibility. I...
Fr Andrew Teather
Jun 16
Thought for the week - 16 June 2024
What has changed over the last few years for you? When you look at your life today, what’s different compared to five, ten or twenty...
Fr Andrew Teather
Jun 9
Thought for the week - 7 June 2024
St Mark tells us in today’s Gospel that Jesus came home with his disciples. Which home is he coming to? What does St Mark mean by home....
Fr Andrew Teather
May 26
Thought for the Week - The Most Holy Trinity 2024
‘Go, make disciples of all the nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit’. A few years ago, I...
Fr Andrew Teather
May 19
Thought for the week - Pentecost
In the upper room, after His death and resurrection, the disciples encounter the ongoing reality of the living Jesus, and the whole world...