Bits and Pieces Firstly, I sincerely hope that the Jubilee or Holy Year of 2025 has begun well for all parishioners. This year of grace is, as I explained last weekend, a significant and poignant anniversary of the birth of Our Lord. Along with the children in St George’s Catholic Primary School last week, I…
A New Year in God’s will We all make new year’s resolutions. Some of us want to loose weight. Some of us want to stop certain bad habits and pick up good habits. And all that is great. But do we think to do God’s will as a new year’s resolution? Perhaps this idea of…
A Carol for Christmas Although the traditional carols remain popular, one of the joys of Christmas is finding new ones. The other day I stumbled across this poem/carol by Ben Jonson (1572-1637), who was a contemporary of William Shakespeare. A close reading reveals the reason for the season, as they say. ‘I sing the birth…
