At the moment, on Sundays, we’ve been hearing passages from the beginning of St Paul’s 1st Letter to the Corinthians, and this Sunday he...

Frances Flatman's Reflection on the Readings for next weekend. I have just finished reading for the third time, Peter Brown’s wonderful...

Be careful about today’s Readings! You can hear and see me give this Homily on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNn-KSUTnyg When you hear...

When I was training to be a Social Worker in the 70’s, the current jargon in our ‘aims’ for clients (what a presumption) was to instil in...

Every week I run an online Lectio Divina. I send out the Readings for next Sunday by email and then by Wednesday morning each person...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- In the wealthy west, Christians like to ‘blend in’, becoming part of the...

Watching Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” the other evening was a good way for me to approach this Sunday’s Readings. You can see and hear...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- Our western world, like peoples of the ancient past, saw success and the...

Sadly, bad teaching by many priests means that when some Catholics hear the word “Repent”, as in our Gospel today, (Matt 4:12-23) they...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings (22 Jan): We modern western people seem to think that crises, difficulties of...

We humans are always suspicious of people who are different from us, aren’t we? And we are always very competitive. You can see and hear...

The belief that ancient people had that some nations had a ‘special’ destiny is something we find it hard to grasp. Israel understood...

I was having an argument with the representative of a Phone Company the other day, and had to work very hard to express my anger about...

Reflection on next Sunday's Readings by Frances Flatman : Our Readings for the Feast of the Lord’s Baptism, far from being the serene and...

I’m sure you know that there are 12 Days of Christmas, but perhaps you don’t know that on some of these days we celebrate various...

Normally on this Sunday of the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, one hears a homily extolling Mary’s humility and obedience. When we...

I have a question to ask you. In the World Cup, whose side was God on? You can see and hear me give this Homily/Sermon on...

The Christmas Morning Mass is where the Readings are most likely to disappoint and confuse visitors to the churches, for unlike the other...

Why does Isaiah in our 1st Reading today (Isaiah 7:10-14) insist on giving King Ahaz a sign, even though he says he doesn’t want one? You...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- We are now very close to the celebration of Christmas, ‘the official’...