Apr 6, 2019Takehomenews5th Sunday of Lent (Year C) The Scribes and Pharisees bring along to Jesus a woman caught in the act of committing adultery, suggesting...
Mar 30, 2019Takehomenews4th Sunday of Lent (Year C) On this mid-Sunday in Lent, the Gospel is the familiar parable of the Prodigal Son. It emphasises the power...
Mar 23, 2019Takehomenews3rd Sunday of Lent (Year C) The parable of the fig tree is a lesson for us that we are given one more chance to repent. Now is the...
Mar 16, 2019Takehomenews2nd Sunday of Lent (Year C) On the 2nd Sunday of Lent each year, we have one of the Gospel accounts of the Transfiguration. It was a...
Mar 10, 2019Takehomenews1st Sunday of Lent (Year C) The devil is ever at work, tempting people away from God, away from what is right. The devil has infiltrated...
Mar 5, 2019TakehomeNews8th Sunday of Year C Today’s Gospel can help us as we plan our Lent which begins on Wednesday. We need firstly to remove the plank that...
Feb 23, 2019Takehomenews7th Sunday of year C Of all the instructions that Jesus gave his disciples, one of the most difficult is what Jesus teaches in today’s...
Feb 16, 2019Takehomenews6th Sunday of Year (C) St Luke's version of the Beatitudes makes a similar point to the Beatitudes presented in the more familiar St...
Feb 9, 2019Takehomenews5th Sunday of Year (C) In today’s Gospel, Jesus makes things happen. Simon and the others had been fishing all night but had had no...
Feb 2, 2019Takrhomenews4th Sunday of Year (C) Today’s Gospel passage follows on from last week’s passage when Jesus claimed that he was the fulfilment of...
Jan 30, 2019Takehomenews3rd Sunday of Year (C) Jesus reads from the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue and at the end, he makes a startling revelation to those...
Jan 19, 2019TAKEHOMENEWS2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Today we have the 3rd Epiphany in successive weeks. The account of the wedding feast at Cana when Jesus...
Jan 17, 2019TakehomenewsThe Baptism of the Lord Today we leap 30 years from last Sunday, moving from the Feast of the Epiphany to Christ’s 2nd Epiphany when he...
Jan 5, 2019TakehomenewsThe Epiphany of the Lord The three Wise Men follow the star to Bethlehem to find the new-born King. There they worship Jesus and present...
Dec 22, 2018Takehomenews4th Sunday of Advent The final Sunday of Advent each year is the only one on which the Gospel explicitly refers to the birth of the one...
Dec 15, 2018Takehomenews3rd Sunday of Advent ‘Rejoice in the Lord always’ goes the Entrance Antiphon in today’s Mass, Our Advent journey takes a step upwards...
Dec 8, 2018Takehomenews2nd Sunday of Advent John the Baptist was the one who prepared the way for the Lord. He quoted from the prophet Isaiah, urging everyone...
Dec 1, 2018Takehomenews1st Sunday of Advent We may think of Advent as a time of light-hearted celebration as we get ready for Christmas, but today’s liturgy...
Nov 24, 2018TakehomenewsChrist the King Today we reach the climax of the Church’s Year with the celebration of Christ the King. When Jesus claimed he was King...
Nov 17, 2018Takehomenews33rd Sunday of Year B St Mark’s Gospel today presents us with a vision of the Second Coming of Christ. It is described as darkness...