Peace be with you! We have entered the season of Advent, and we now light the 2nd candle, which signifies peace. In the 2nd week for the preparation for Christmas, we are invited to reflect on peace and recognise the real and urgent need for peace within our...
Prayers on the theme of peace written by people from across our Diocese Come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with peaceful thoughts Come Holy Spirit prompt us to say sorry Come Holy Spirit open our hearts to welcome Jesus. Come Holy Spirit. Come! Come Holy Spirit...
Sunday 10th December Second Sunday of Advent Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Ps 84 2 Pt 3:8-14 Mk 1:1-8 John the Baptist has been designated as patron saint of motorways on the strength of today’s readings. For Isaiah and for John it is important that there is nothing to stand in the...
A Reflection and Prayer on the theme of HOPE by Fiona Hutchings, chaplain at St Boniface School. I have always found November a challenging month as the days get shorter and darker and we focus on praying for those who have died and remembering especially those...
Sunday 3rd December First Sunday of Advent Is 63:16-17; 64:1, 3-8 Ps79 1Cor 1:3-9 Mk 13:33-37 The origin of the word human comes through Latin from the word for earth or soil. So when Isaiah says: “You are the potter, we are the clay” he is being accurate as well as...
