One of the advantages of our parish being dedicated to St John the Baptist is that we encounter our patron not only on his feast day in...

Advent is a time of preparation. Our English word comes from the Latin adventus (meaning “coming”). We refer of course to the coming and...

Reflection The festival of Christ the King is a useful reminder that Christ alone is the ultimate authority and not any earthly leader....

Reflection At the end of the Church’s year, as we approach Advent, the issue of the ‘end times’ often comes up in the readings at the...

Remembrance Sunday celebrates and explores - both personally and communally - issues of war and peace, loss and sacrifice, memory and...

All Saints’ Day has its origins in the 7th century. It is particularly associated with these islands because it was placed on the 1st of...

Jesus taught us to love God and our neighbour as ourself. He knew that nothing is more dear to us than ourselves – and therefore how we...

Jesus the Cornerstone The dictionary defines the cornerstone as: the stone at the corner of a wall, which unites two unites two...

The Bread and Wine of the Eucharist Following the command of Jesus, the Church has always celebrated the Lord’s Supper/Eucharist/Holy...

The Jewish and Christian Scriptures give eloquent expression to the creative power and wisdom of God. Worshipping communities developed...

On 29 September the Church celebrates St Michael and All Angels. Holy Scripture witnesses tells us that in addition to human beings God...

‘The Gospel’ is not confined only to the four books we call ‘Gospels’ but is found in the whole Bible: as the promise of the coming of...