Posts from January 2026
News for 1st February and the week ahead
Dearest friends, Each year on or near 3 February, the Church remembers St Blaise, bishop and martyr, and celebrates the Blessing of Throats. This simple but striking rite connects our everyday human vulnerability with God’s healing grace. St Blaise was a bishop in Sebaste (in modern-day Turkey) in the early fourth century. Very little is known about his life, but what has been handed down tells of a pastor devoted to prayer and to the care of those who were…
News for 25th January and the Week Ahead
Dearest friends, This Sunday is set apart as the ‘Sunday of the Word of God’. We are encouraged to consider how scripture has impacted our lives and faith. How has the Word of God altered our day-to-day life? Each Sunday, as we get to the Gospel Reading we set it apart as important. We sing, we process the Gospel Book from the Altar into the throng of the congregation, we surround it with incense. Our senses are assaulted by sound,…
New Mass Setting
On Sunday 25th January we’ll be singing our new mass setting. It’s very easy to follow and will stick in your head! If you’d like to have a practice before hand here is the music and some recordings to help you. Penitential Rite (Lent & Advent) Gloria Sanctus / Holy Holy Holy Agnus Dei / Lamb of God
News for Sunday 18th January and the Week Ahead
Dearest friends, Jesus calls Himself the Bread of Life, the one who nourishes our hearts, minds, and souls with His very self. In these busy and often challenging days, it can be easy to come to Mass out of habit. But what if our faith could be renewed, refreshed, and rooted more deeply in the loving mystery we celebrate each week? I’d like to invite you to consider signing up for the Bread of Life course, a rich and prayerful…
News for the 11th January and the week ahead
Dearest friends, At first glance, the baptism of Jesus seems unnecessary. John’s baptism was for repentance, yet Jesus stands in the Jordan with sinners, shoulder to shoulder with those seeking mercy. This is not a mistake to be explained away; it is a revelation to be received. Here, at the very beginning of his public ministry, Jesus shows us what God is like. He does not save us from a distance. He enters fully into the waters of our human…
News for 4th January and the Week Ahead
Dearest friends, A new beginning, a fresh start! As much as that sounds like the title of a new Star Wars movie(!) we are starting a new year together and inevitably that prompts us to look back at the last year as we consider what needs to shift and change in the coming months. For some, peering back at the past is painful and difficult – either because things outside their control have hurt them, or because they have acted…