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Click here for our latest newsletter “Lord, You Know Everything, You Know That I Love You.”Jn 21,17 Lord, You see into the depths of my heart. You know my joys, my struggles, my doubts. Yet, in Your presence, I am fully known and fully loved. Like Peter, I falter, I fail, but I return to You. You ask me, again and again, “Do you love Me?” And with all that I am, I say, “Yes, Lord, You know that I love You.” Teach me to love You not just in words, but......
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Click here for our latest newsletter “Mercy is heartfelt sympathy for another’s distress, impelling us to succour him if we can. For mercy takes its name – misericordia – from denoting a person’s compassionate heart for another’s unhappiness” (Saint Thomas Aquinas). Divine mercy is God’s refusal to leave us in our fallen condition: Jesus enters the “locked” doors of our hearts, banishing fear and sin and saying, “Peace be with you.” “He showed them his hands and his side”: Jesus shows us his wounds so that we will not be afraid to......
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Apr 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter EASTER ! It is now widely accepted that the word Easter comes from the Latin name for Easter week: “in albis”, meaning “in white”. Priests wear white during Easter to symbolise joy, purity and Christ’s victory overdeath. White is also the brightest colour, signifying that Christ has brought light to the “justs” who were waiting in Hades. This is often symbolised in paintings where we see Jesus reaching out to Adam and Eve, drawing them out of the darkness of the tomb into the light of......
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Apr 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter Holy Week Events Retreat: “We have passed from death to life”Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th, & Wednesday 16th April at 7pmThursday 17th April at 11amSaturday 19th April at 10am Please join us for this series of talks to take us deeper into the mystery of Holy Week. Preached by Fr Philippe-Joseph, CSJ. As we journey with Christ towards Calvary and beyond, let us take the time to reflect on what it means for us and to renew our devotion. Please note that each of the retreat talks......
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Apr 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter Holy Week Events Retreat: “We have passed from death to life”Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th, & Wednesday 16th April at 7pmThursday 17th April at 11amSaturday 19th April at 10am Please join us for this series of talks to take us deeper into the mystery of Holy Week. Preached by Fr Philippe-Joseph, CSJ. As we journey with Christ towards Calvary and beyond, let us take the time to reflect on what it means for us and to renew our devotion. Please note that each of the retreat talks......
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Mar 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter Holy Week Events Retreat: “We have passed from death to life”Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th, & Wednesday 16th April at 7pmThursday 17th April at 11amSaturday 19th April at 10am Please join us for this series of talks to take us deeper into the mystery of Holy Week. Preached by Fr Philippe-Joseph, CSJ. As we journey with Christ towards Calvary and beyond, let us take the time to reflect on what it means for us and to renew our devotion. Please note that each of the retreat talks......
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Mar 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter In today’s Gospel of the liturgical year C (Lk 13:1-9), Jesus begins with a very strong call to conversion. Conversion is an essential part of Lent. To invite us to conversion, Jesus uses the parable of the fig tree that did not bear fruit. The whole point of a fig tree, its main finality for us, is to give fruit. The fig tree in the parable does not fulfil its purpose, its mission. So the owner wants to cut it down and replace it. We too......
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Mar 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter Today Christ invites all of us to go up a Lenten mountain with him, to take a journey away from the noise of the world below, and to rise above our normal lives. What does the Lenten Mountain Ascent mean for us? Metaphorically, it means four things: If we willingly journey with Christ in Lent, we will be different come Easter. Make sure that after these forty days, you have embraced God’s grace in your life and made some changes or taken some steps forward in......
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Mar 2025
Click here for our latest newsletter In each of the three Synoptic Gospels, after his baptism, Jesus is reported to have spent forty days in the desert, fasting and praying. In Luke and in Matthew, the devil presents three temptations to Jesus. The devil tempts Jesus to use his power to appease his hunger, he offers Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus will worship him, and he tempts Jesus to put God’s promise of protection to the test. In each case, Jesus resists, citing words from Scripture to rebuke......