Daily Prayers

Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Fr Johns Weekly:

  • East African Creed

    We believe that all our sins are forgiven through him. All who have faith in him must be sorry for their sins, be baptised in the Holy Spirit of God, live the rules of love and share the bread together in love, and announce the good news to others until Jesus comes again. We are…

  • St Paul’s Christmas Letter

    A new version of St Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians has just been discovered in a cave at the Leicester General Hospital. You will like it. 1Corinthians 13 – a Christmas Version(Via email. Source unknown) If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show…

  • Joy of Advent

    Are you enjoying Advent? I like a long Advent, as this years is – the maximum of five weeks. Preparation and anticipation are two joys I learned early in our family, where I also learned the joy of memory and looking back. Bringing the future and past into the present is a 3-fold measure of…

  • Original Sin and the Immaculate Conception (1)

    Mary, in her immaculate conception, is said by the Church never to have sinned. Thus her life was not linked to the sin of humankind. She was free from sin from the moment of her conception, always free from original sin.

  • Death, Conflict and Sadness

    On Monday and Tuesday, I had four funerals. On Wednesday and Thursday, I was arranging a further three. Please pray with the sadness of the families, now and in the future. You know that Christmas will always remind them of this sadness. The people of Aleppo are still in a desperate situation. You will have…

  • Holy Souls Remembrance Month

    November, final part of the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and, in our Catholic tradition, the month of the Holy Souls whom we remember each day: our families and friends who are with God in the full joy of eternal life, or are accepting God’s merciful forgiveness and feeling regret for how much better…

  • Pax Christi Icon

    I will explain the Pax Christi icon on the sanctuary at St Joseph’s. At the centre are Esau and Jacob, the sons of Isaac and grandsons of Abraham, embracing after years of enmity. God is blessing them. St Peter, forgiven, is top left and below him are Ss Boris and Greb – two brothers who…

  • Mission

    Today is a double celebration of mission – with our Catholic communities around the world ‘Mission Sunday’, and our Christian Churches in ‘One World Week’. We pray for the peace of Christ and the truth of the Gospel to spread everywhere. The Church has been on mission since its foundation on the feast of Pentecost…

  • Individual Voices

    Do you ever imagine “If only I had . . .” and think of all the good you might do? I did it at prayer this week and I knew that no matter how rich I might suddenly become nothing of what I would most want could be bought by money. The child in the…

  • Gifts From God

    For the first time in my life, I am getting better. I have never been ill. It is a new and fascinating experience. For days, all I wanted to do was sleep and pray, not even wanting to eat and drink. I was drained, peaceful, knowing all in the parish was in good hands (“You…

  • St Vincent de Paul Society

    Today we have our annual retiring collection for the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) to help them in their work in the parish, the nursing homes and the hospital. The SVP members regularly visit those who are lonely, who are sick and are in need in any way. The inspiration of their fine work is…

  • Our Poor & Our Love

    We welcome Fr John Garry of the St Patrick’s Missionary Society, the Kiltegan Fathers, who is speaking on behalf of their work in the developing world. Father John has worked in Kenya and the Sudan and we know what turmoil those countries have suffered. Father John will carry many memories of the people he loved…