HCPT (Lourdes) Mass in church 6pm this Saturday (17th) with celebrant Fr Paul Fletcher. It will be a signed Mass (British Sign Language).  All welcome.  

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FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR 29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2026

The gospel is always going to have a twist that brings it round from very human behaviour and speaks to the message Jesus wants to give us.  So what is happening here?  It could be a scene from a film.  Two opposing sides who hate each other.  Pharisees who stick very much to the Law and hate Roman rule that forces Gentile life on its subjects and then the Herodians who hold onto power by simply through doing what the Romans want.  Two groups who usually fight.  So why are they united in today’s gospel?  What they see is a travelling preacher who seems to have a strong following among the people.  He threatens both their power in different ways.  He condemns the Pharisees for the way they interpret the Jewish Law and angers the Romans as they think he will try to overthrow their power and so that of the Herodians.  This preacher is of course Jesus…..

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