Forty Days and Forty Nights The Holy Season of Lent began four days ago on Ash Wednesday. The ashes were blessed, sprinkled with Holy Water and placed on our heads. The priest or minister said to us ’Repent, and believe in the Gospel ’ or Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall…
Crystal Clear for Lent In this Sunday’s Gospel (be it long or short), Jesus makes a point about clarity. ‘Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.’ The point is, I think, that the Commandments have a noble simplicity and clarity to them. We are to observe…
A New Archbishop of Westminster This Saturday afternoon (the feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius, although some may be keener to observe St Valentine) the Diocese of Westminster will celebrate the installation of the new Archbishop, Richard Moth. He is coming to the diocese as Archbishop having served as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton since…
St Blaise and the Blessing of Throats on his feast day This Tuesday the Church remembers St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr. He was bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and was put to death under the Emperor Licinius and the prefect Agricolaus in the early 4th century. Whilst he was being persecuted he hid in a…
Year of Saint Francis – Special Year of Jubilee The Church joyfully celebrates the Year of Saint Francis (the 800th anniversary of his death) as a time of renewal, simplicity, and deeper conversion of heart. Inspired by the life and witness of Saint Francis of Assisi, this year invites us to return to the Gospel…
