Sermon for this Sunday's Mass about how we all need to live as if this day was our last :- You can see and hear me give this Homily on...

We have a phrase in our 1st Reading today from Isaiah (63:16-17,64:1,3-8) which is a familiar one to many of us, not least because of...

I want you to imagine that you’re living in a City in the Roman Empire at the time St Paul was writing his letters to the Churches, one...

Here is the Teaching by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- Greek philosophers of the Classical period considered that ‘the...

I have recently read an inspiring story on the sacrificial work of the Irish priests during their mission to China in the mid 20th...

Teaching by Frances Flatman on the Bible Readings for next weekend:- We are living in a period of ever increasing instability, as the...

Those words from the Gospel today (Matt 22:34-40) ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all...

Teaching by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- We live in a time when it is increasingly important to read the scriptures and...

Nowadays, people jump into calling me Martin even before they know me. I found it strange at first, even a little rude; but now I have...

There are those who believe that God intervenes in human history in ways specifically designed to ‘save’ their lot. Such a view surely...

Many years ago I was invited by someone I knew in Oxford to visit him and his family in Pakistan. You can see and hear me give this...

Frances Flatman's Teachings on next weekend's Readings :- As in Matthew’s Gospel we inch ever closer to his passion and death, Jesus’...

When I get depressed about the world, I always try to remind myself that it is in some of the darkest places in our world that most love...

Teaching by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Bible Readings :- What does and did the vineyard and the fruit of the vine symbolise in...

Today Jesus warns us not just to speak the right words of faith, but to put them into practice. (Matt 21:28-32) But how do we do that?...

Teaching by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- . Over the last few weeks, we have been discovering more and more about God’s...

We are warned today, both in the 1st Reading (Isaiah 55:6-9) and in the Gospel, (Matt 20:1-16) to avoid thinking about things in a human...

Teaching by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- In one of the Monty Python films the children in a school pray to a god who is...

In our Gospel today (Matt 18:21-35) Peter is very human, just like us. He wants a simple answer on how he should behave with other...

Teaching by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Bible Readings : Those familiar with the paintings of the Book of the Dead in Egyptian...