This Gospel passage that we have just heard is another in a five or six week-long series of readings all taken from the sixth Chapter of John’s Gospel.  Taken together…

Today’s Gospel is from St John’s Sixth Chapter, parts of which will be read for the next four Sundays.   Today’s story is one of the few told by all…

The prophets and people of the Old Testament had to wait, patiently and faithfully, for God to move.   Then, of course, God did move.  God sent Christ, with the…

It is fair to say that usually the word ‘prophet’ makes us think of one of two types of figures. Either we picture someone like John the Baptist or Jeremiah…

St Mark summarises Christ’s presentation of himself to the people. It began with the parable of the kingdom, then the miracle stories and all of it to show us that…

In today’s Gospel we hear two healing stories: Jairus’ daughter and the Woman of the Well.   The Covid-19 pandemic has been a time to realise our collective vulnerability and…

The common phrases we hear today are “the bigger, the better” and “the more, the merrier”!  Many companies want to be the largest and some people want to live in…

Today we recognise and celebrate the fact that the presence of God with us is to be found in a very tangible, material way. Christ’s presence to his people is…

At the heart of it, our religion is a mystery, both in revelation, on God’s part, and in our faith response. Neither God’s action nor our own can ever be…

Today, the feast of Pentecost means many things. Whatever form it takes or however we experience the work of the Spirit in our own lives, we can be confident that…