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Dear friends For my fifth birthday I was given a party at my grandparent’s house. As family and friends, we gathered around the most wonderful cake I had ever seen in my life. I had seen the design in the Co-operative bakery window. Now, to my utter delight, here it was, in pride of place,Continue reading “Easter Vigil 2021”

Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ A few years ago I read an account of medics working on the border between Cambodia and Thailand in the midst of dreadful warfare. With bombs falling uncomfortably near, two doctors, one older, the other younger, attended to wounded refugees. Their first patient was a young woman. SheContinue reading “Good Friday 2021”

‘Your servant, Lord, your servant am I.’ Dear Friends These words of the psalmist touch us deeply as we accompany the Lord Jesus in His passion. The ‘suffering servant,’ foretold by the Prophet Isaiah, tonight begins His journey from the Last Supper towards Calvary and the cross. Every time we celebrate the Mass, when weContinue reading “Maundy Thursday 2021”

‘I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord. ’ (Phil 4:4) Dear Brothers in Christ I want to write to you about happiness. You may think this a strange subject given the experience of the past year and the ongoing pandemic. No one can underestimate the tragedies and challenges the past twelveContinue reading “Maundy Thursday Letter to Priests 2021”

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Dear brother priests Today, together, as clergy, religious, and laity, we thank God for the gift of priesthood, shared universally by all the baptised, and individually by those configured to Christ through the laying on of hands. Last year, the impact of the Coronavirus prevented our Chrism Mass fromContinue reading “Chrism Mass 2021”