Daily Prayers

Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Fr Johns Weekly:

  • Excuses & The EU

    There are now two cruiser-weight world boxing champions. Should they fight to unify the titles? “Everyone wants to see this fight,” said the man. Everyone? “No-one’s interested in politics, that’s the trouble,” said the man. No one? “I feel certain that the majority of people in this country, city, society, parish feel as I do,”…

  • Finance – TV Service

    Finance in the diocese is controlled from the office in Nottingham. Each parish is allowed to hold up to £5,000 in its current account but all other money is held in the central fund. This is good sense. Parishes in need borrow from the diocese rather than from a bank and pay a lower rate of interest, whilst the parishes holding…

  • Grumblers and Criticisers

    I used to notice that grownups’ conversations were full of grumbles and criticisms. That’s how it was. They saw so much that was wrong about people and about the world. Then someone would say “We should count our blessings” and they all agreed – but nobody ever did!

  • Women Deacons

     This coming Tuesday, 17th May, Tony Bolger is coming to speak to the parish about the possibilities of televising all that happens in our church and parish. Every day people at home would be able to share the celebration of mass and relatives and friends around the world would be able to pray with us.…

  • Communication

    Dear Father, “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation (Luke 16:15). “Communication lies at the heart of the Gospel. It is necessarily a foundation for the life and development of the Church. Our Church must be sure to be communicating the Gospel to all people, using all the various…

  • Statement on the EU Referendum

    Reflecting on the forthcoming vote, we recognise the historic nature of this referendum and its implications for future generations. The outcome will have consequences for the future not only of the United Kingdom, but for Europe and for the world. In our view, three things are essential: • that we pray for the guidance of…

  • Life and Death

    On Monday 4th April my sister phoned at 7.15 am to tell me my nephew had died, suddenly but peacefully. David had been a wonderfully inspiring nephew. He was everything a boy could want to be – loving family, good studies, good at sport (played football for Cardiff schools, was Glamorgan junior tennis champion) – but at the age of sixteen he…

  • Asylum Seeking Migrants & ISIS Motivation

    What items of news stood out for you this week? The first one for me was that on Monday and Tuesday more than 4,000 refugees/asylum seekers and economic migrants landed in Italy from Libya. Four thousand in two days! That made over 24,000 since the beginning of the year, and the weather is now improving.…

  • Joy of Love

    Conscience is paramount in moral decisions. The Church is called to form consciences, not to replace them. We are personally responsible for our decisions.

  • The Name of God is Mercy

    Pope Francis has recently published a book “The name of God is Mercy”. He quotes John XXIII’s words at the opening of the Vatican Council in 1962 “Now the Bride of Christ wishes to use the medicine of mercy rather than taking up arms of severity and wants to show herself a loving mother to…

  • Easter Faith

    “Is there is a moment in life where you would choose to be? It might be on that first Easter Sunday, in the Garden, with Mary Magdalen. What a joy to see his hands – with the wounds still in them – touching us out of love.” (Cardinal Basil Hume)

  • First Holy Week

    MONDAY Judas agreed with the Jewish authorities to betray Jesus, knowing Jesus would go to the Garden of Gethsemane after the Paschal Meal (The Last Supper). TUESDAY: …