by Sue Martin | Aug 28, 2025 | News
Front page pictures in daily papers often catch in a single image a life event that we can all relate too. Images often triggers memories, touches our hearts and brings us back to a time in place in our own lives that we can never forget. This week many photographs...
by Sue Martin | Jan 23, 2025 | News
The themes of today’s readings are humility, generosity, and respect and care for all. In the First Reading Sirach advises us to be thoughtful and attentive to others. We are to be modest, not seeking praise or approval for our action: everything good is a gift...
by Sue Martin | May 24, 2024 | News
The reign of the Lord glorified in today’s Psalm is a kingdom of justice for the oppressed. The other readings, too, all focus on God’s loving concern for the poor, the weak and the powerless. In the First Reading, a destitute Gentile widow gives to Elijah all that...
by Sue Martin | May 24, 2024 | News
In November, we remember our deceased relatives and friends and pray for all the faithful departed and as it says in the Eucharistic Prayer ‘those whose faith was known to you (God) alone’. The greatest gift we can offer to those who have left us is our assurance that...
by Sue Martin | Apr 19, 2024 | News
Today’s readings centre on the theme of love: the totally faithful, unconditional love of God for us. The First Reading describes a turning point in the growth of the Early Church. Peter visits the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion and Gentile, announcing that...
by Sue Martin | Apr 19, 2024 | News
I was invited to the home of a young woman whose wedding was coming up so that I could get to know her parents. The senior couple lived in a very fine house, with large well-proportioned rooms, many open fires, lovely art on the walls and then as the invitation was...