Gospel

Sunday’s gospel – Today we celebrate the great occasion of Corpus Christi: the very Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, that he gave us that we might receive the very essence of his being that we might be fulfilled on our journey towards salvation. For Jewish scholars one of the reasons they dismiss the legitimacy […]

Saturday’s gospel – I will ask you a question, only one. We see in today’s gospel, the chief priests, scribes and elders being given what was then a unique opportunity. All they had to do was to answer one question and Jesus would reveal all to them about where he came from and where he

Friday’s gospel – We celebrate the culmination of the month of May for Our Lady with her visitation to her cousin, Elizabeth. What an absolutely joyous scene is set before us: two women, one older and more advanced in her pregnancy and the younger one who would have been about nine weeks pregnant. So in

Thursday’s gospel – Master, let me see again. How remarkable that the blind beggar could put into perspective the saving grace and divinity of Jesus as the Christ whilst those who lived with him, saw all that he did and listened to his words could not. It’s a timely reminder for us: just because we

Wednesday’s gospel – It never sounds good does it when you say to God, “Do me a favour”! James and John must have known what they were doing wasn’t right: they didn’t raise their ambitious intents with Jesus in a discussion with all of the Apostles, but we hear that they approached Jesus, who was

Tuesday’s gospel – We have the opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a follower of Christ. We have just seen the rich young man go away disappointed because he cannot achieve eternal life and the apostles must have thought long and hard about this. How could such an eminently good man be

Monday’s gospel – Today we celebrate the missionary sent by St Gregory the Great to evangelise the English, St Augustine. He has a mixed reputation. He did not want to come to England, but he obeyed; when he arrived he spent time converting the first tribe he reached in Kent, but did not go much

Do you understand the Trinity? Really? The good news for us is that if we are blessed with the grace of Jesus, we will one day see the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Spirit in all its glory, but for the moment we just have to experience the ways in which we encounter each

The future of the Church. We must ensure that we do everything we can to ensure that Jesus touches the hearts of our young people. We must do everything we can to allow the Holy Spirit to work through them. We must make sure that we never prevent them from experiencing the Father’s mercy. But

Jesus has moved into Judaea and is approaching the heartland of Judaism and he is approached by Pharisees again. They have heard all about him and are eager to get the better of this uncouth northern lad. And the issue of marriage and divorce must have been a hot topic. Was there a specific incident