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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. Gloria Sanctus / Holy Holy Holy Agnus Dei / Lamb of God

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…

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…

Dearest friends, On Monday we celebrate an important date in the church calendar – The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. It’s a new memorial – it was only inserted into the calendar in 2018 (by Pope Francis), although the title is much older.  We call Our Lady mother of the Church because in the instant that Jesus said to John at the foot of the cross, “‘Behold, your mother!’ and from that hour the disciple took her to…