Second Sunday of Easter

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FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 2026

When Jesus appears to the apostles after the resurrection, he wants to share three things with them.  The second two are bound together as they are central to his Church.  The first is peace.  This is the very first thing he comes to impart, surely then the most important to him.  If we look at the history of the human church we may wonder how we drifted so far from it on many occasions.  How Christians can still be exhorting each other to warfare.  Pope Leo as the church’s leader reminded us of this on Easter Day when he spoke to the whole world.  “The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent. It is like that of a grain of wheat which, having rotted in the earth, grows, breaks through the clouds, sprouts, and becomes a golden ear of wheat. It is even more like that of a human heart which, wounded by an offense, rejects the instinct for revenge and, filled with compassion, prays for the one who has committed the offense.”

Complete Homily for 2nd Sunday of Easter

Daily Prayers Easter 2

 

Palm Sunday

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Fr Hugh’s Homily for Palm Sunday 2026

Let’s throw our minds back to the very beginning of Jesus’ teaching.  Remember in the Sermon on the Mount, one of the most testing things he says is ‘love your enemies.’  Today in the most awful circumstances we see Jesus putting this into effect.  Who are these enemies?  Sadly even his friends were among them….

Complete Homily for Palm Sunday

Daily Prayers Palm Sunday

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Second Sunday in Lent

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DEACON GEORGE’S HOMILY FOR SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

Jesus often went up a mountain to be alone, to pray and converse with his Father.  And today was no different.  Now, a week earlier, Jesus had asked Peter, “Who do you say I am?  Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  So, this time, Jesus decides to take with him, Peter, James and John, his closest disciples, and go up the mountain.  Whilst on the mountain top, Jesus receives an answer, and a response to his prayer.  Jesus is transformed, his appearance changes and his garments shine with heavenly brightness.  His face does not belong to this world but is like that of the world to come.  The disciples are having a glimpse of the glorified Christ.  This glory denotes the presence of heavenly royalty and the Kingdom of God is in the midst of his people.  Moses and Elijah now appear and they talk with Jesus…..

Complete Homily for 2nd Sunday in Lent

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First Sunday in Lent

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A PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF LANCASTER ON FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 2026

My dear people, the simple invitation of Jesus to each of us is, ‘Follow me’. But we dither and pause and fall behind and lose our way. We have given in to temptation and lost heart and spoilt life not only for ourselves but for others too, and we have lost our Guide and don’t know what to do. Each Lent Jesus tells us to rise up and follow Him. He has not given up on us; nor should we give up on ourselves or on each other, no matter what catastrophes have befallen us. He enters the wilderness in search of Adam and Eve who were expelled from Eden when they sinned, but with hope that they might be found and forgiven and restored….

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Daily Prayers Lent 1

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR 6th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

During the Last Supper Jesus lifts up his cup of wine and says, in Matthew, this is the blood of the covenant.  In Luke, of the new covenant.  But what does this mean, this new covenant in our daily lives?  Here in the gospel today Jesus begins to explain, to give some examples.  He is not saying that the old is out, but he is building upon it and going deeper.  What I am saying to you now, Jesus says, is that the rules, the guidelines for being a follower of mine are built on the old ones, but you might find these even harder.’  So, let’s see what he is saying, and there are significant words and phrases that help us with this….

Complete Homily for 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily Prayers Week 6

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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DEACON GEORGE’S HOMILY FOR FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
As usual, Jesus uses everyday similes to bring his teaching home to his hearers.  Now salt was essential for preserving and savouring meat and other foods.  If the salt has ceased to have any power and flavour of salt, it was no longer of any use.  It becomes not only useless, but dangerous, because if used, it will make meat not only unpalatable but unfit for human consumption, the meat will become putrid and decomposed.  To light a lamp and cover it with a basket was to render the lamp-light invisible and useless, keeping the room in darkness.  Today’s similes, are part of Christ’s sermon on the mount, and follow the Beatitudes.  The Beatitudes, which are part of the sermon on the mount, is a synopsis of the new order of salvation which Christ established.  Its doctrines are, First, the primacy of the interior spirit, in contrast to the external observance of the law of Moses, Second, the love of all people, as brothers and sisters, under the universal fatherhood of God, Third, detachment from the wealth and goods of this world.  Not easy doctrines…..

Complete Homily for Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily Prayers Week 5

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