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  Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. There is no break between Christmas and Ordinary Time – one flows almost seamlessly into the other through the Baptism of Jesus. We ended … Continue reading →

“We saw his star and have come to do the king homage.” In the East, this Season of Christmas is called the ‘Time of Manifestation’, or Showing. Today is the ‘Feast of the Manifestation’, or the Showing of the Saviour … Continue reading →

Wishing everyone a very Happy and Holy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year From Canon John   Christmastide & New Year 2016 Newsletter

  Jesus is born of Mary who was betrothed to Joseph, son of David Here we enter a new stage of Advent: having spent so much time on the Second Coming, now we look back, to remember the details of the … Continue reading →

Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else? In many ways the readings this Sunday are simply a continuation of last week – Isaiah gives us more details about the work … Continue reading →

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand Throughout the first three weeks of Advent our focus is very clearly on the End of Time, and the Second Coming of the Lord – not on the run up … Continue reading →

  Advent opens with a great promise: “In the days to come the hope of a people who need God. “The master is coming is also a promise, not a threat to breed fear, but to answer our cry. So … Continue reading →

Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom. The year of Saint Luke ends with a characteristic take on the feast of Christ the King: in Luke’s gospel we are so familiar with seeing and hearing the voiceless, the … Continue reading →

“You have been faithful in small things: come and join in your Master’s happiness!   We must be very careful that the real point of today’s first reading is not washed away in genuine concerns over what one can and … Continue reading →

He is God, not of the dead, but of the living   It is fortuitous that this passage of the Gospel is normally read near to the beginning of November, when we have celebrated the feasts of All Saints and … Continue reading →