HOMILY for the 5th SUNDAY of EASTER I am not sure how many people who go to Mass on Sunday realise that what each of us is doing is an...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings : Those of us who frequent churches during Eastertide are familiar with hymns...

I used to be a University Chaplain, and one of the joys of that job was experiencing lively committed young people from all over the...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings :- For ancient people death, either in the case of oneself or ones loved-ones,...

In today’s Gospel (John 21:1-19) you might expect that Jesus would ask Simon Peter to say sorry. But no, he doesn’t. You can hear and see...

Our Readings would appear to go through a progression, with our Gospel focussing of the Lord’s forgiveness of Peter (here representing...

I am one of those people who can remember my dreams. Some might find that a curse, but I find it quite amusing to see what my strange...

I am intrigued by the way in which, due to the manner of our reading of the Gospels, we can unbalance our understanding of the earliest...

EASTER SUNDAY Prayer is always an adventure in the dark. If you attended the Easter Vigil last night, you would have felt what this is...

GOOD FRIDAY The story of the death of Jesus that we have just heard (John 18:1-19:42) should help us to pray, especially when we hit hard...

HOMILY for HOLY THURSDAY 2022 The Liturgies over the next three days all remind us that when we pray, when we communicate with God in any...

Frances Flatman reflects on the Readings for Easter Sunday As we see in our Gospel (John 20:1-9) in a passage remarkably similar to the...

Homily for Palm Sunday The long story we hear today of the suffering and death of Jesus (Luke 22:14-23:56) should help us, especially...

Frances Flatman reflects on Luke's way of telling the story of the suffering and death of Jesus :- Luke’s Gospel was written for his...

It’s strange isn’t it, that although Jesus doesn’t seem interested in sexual sins, the Church down the ages has gone on about them. You...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings : What does it take to make any of us place all our reliance on God? Most of the...

All the best stories, it seems to me, should leave us wondering “What happened next?” - and that should surely be true of Jesus’ great...

Anyone reading the book of Joshua today (5:9-12) will surely feel their blood run cold. For the Jewish people, it’s a story of their...

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (March 20th 2022) Given the teaching of Jesus, that we should love our enemies, I wonder if you’ve ever...

Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings :- I suggest that today’s Readings help focus our minds on truly preparing for...