Most Holy Trinity Mass Readings: Pages 81 – 83 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Today is Trinity Sunday. We are able to think about God who created heaven and earth, and about God coming to live as a man among us, and about the God we experience in our lives. In other words,…
Pentecost Sunday Mass Readings: Pages: 288 – 291 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Today’s second reading is from a letter of Paul to his friend in Corinth. He explains that it is not even possible to acknowledge that Jesus is Lord without the assistance of the Spirit. To put the point positively, it…
Ascension of the Lord Mass Readings: Pages 272 – 274 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Today, in this part of the Christian world, the Church celebrates the ascension of Jesus into heaven. In some other parts of the world, the feast of ascension was celebrated last Thursday in line with the Lukan account….
Sixth Sunday of Easter Mass Readings: Pages 268 – 270 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Jesus in his discourse at the last supper, which was his last will and testament, promised the church via the Apostles the gifts of the Holy Spirit that will lead the church to the complete truth, that will…
Fifth Sunday of Easter Mass Readings: Pages 265 – 268 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 In today’s Gospel Jesus has just told them that he is going away. Despite all his assurances, and his words of comfort to them, they were worried. When they’d committed themselves to Jesus, they imagined that he would…
Fourth Sunday of Easter Mass Readings: Pages 262 – 265 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 A message from the Archdiocese of Southwark: “Be alert, but not alarmed” … this was the the advice the Police gave to places of worship last year following the dreadful murder in France of Fr Jacques Hamel. The…
Third Sunday of Easter Mass Readings: Pages 258 – 262 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Today’s Gospel story starts with a journey of despondency. Where is Jesus? Where is he? You can imagine the conversation of the two crestfallen disciples. They are walking away from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus. We know…
Second Sunday of Easter Mass Readings: Pages 255 – 258 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Throughout the Easter season, the first reading of the liturgy is taken from the Acts of the Apostles in order to illuminate the mystery of the church as it developed from its beginnings at Pentecost. Today’s passage is…
