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From today’s gospel we should take just how generous and loving God is, but at the same time understand what the consequences of that generosity and love are. For in today’s gospel Jesus makes it clear what he wants for us: he wants for our joy to be complete, for us to be called his […]

The English Martyrs are a great example of what Jesus promised to his disciples in today’s gospel.   St. John Houghton was the first English Martyr of the Reformation. He was a Carthusian hermit, priest and martyr.   “John was the first man since pagan times to suffer death in England for being a Catholic.

We are back in the upper room in the intense atmosphere of the Last Supper. Jesus has initiated the Mass and Judas has left to betray him. He has given us the great comfort that is used at so many Christian funerals of there being many rooms in his Father’s house and we come to

Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit as explained to the Galatians by St Paul. As such, joy is so much more than happiness. We can all be happy, those moments when we are filled with a contentment that flows over into something more.   But joy is so much more. It has a

May we be pruned that we may bear more fruit!   This analogy is so rich in meaning that every time one reads it there is so much more detail to be seen and appreciation of the relationship between the Father, the Son and us.   It is a comparison that means so much to

“A peace that the world cannot give.”   We hear Jesus saying so often in the gospels, “Trust in me”, “Do not let your hearts be troubled”, “Doubt no more” and so on. He is calling us to have complete faith in him. We find that difficult because we are inherently sceptical or doubtful to

Today we again take a step back from the season of Easter to reflect on the life of St Catherine of Siena.   This 14th century Dominican lived today’s gospel, for she had a remarkable relationship with the Lord. As a small child, aged 5 or 6, she had her first mystical experience of Christ.

What could be better than a life where we love the Lord Our God and we are at one with our neighbour? And we are promised: “whoever keeps his commandments lives in God and God lives in them.” What a promise! It is then that we can have the confidence that whatever we ask of