Take one thing away, and the total effect can often be spoiled for many of us. It doesn’t need to be a big thing even, but its removal is...

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...

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...

‘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,...

Today, my friends, I want to begin this letter by paying tribute to my friend, colleague and assistant priest Father Paul Smith. Fr Paul...

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...

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...

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...

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....

‘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...