Download Bulletin 11th January 2026
FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
In our various ways we have all had to make preparations for Christmas. Shopping, family negotiations, and of course prayer. All of this is done for a major event that many people depend on. Just recently I have seen some people taking down their decorations almost with relief. I asked one woman why she was so keen to get them down so soon and her response was, “Some of us are busy people, Father.” That put me in my place. Now the Jews saw washing as a ritual preparation. John the Baptist and Jesus are both Jews. And the way they prepared for a religious event was a ritual purification where you went down into a form of bath, a mikvah, and washed….
Holy Trinity and St George 