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Prayer was at the heart of Jesus’ life and ministry and so it should be in ours, writes Fr Richard in today’s reflection on the daily mass readings. Readings for Tuesday in the first week of Lent can be found here. On trips to the seaside as a child, whether it be Weston-super-Mare, Burnham-on-Sea orContinue reading “What’s written on the inside?”

In today’s reflection on the daily mass readings, Fr Richard considers the task of spreading the Good News of Jesus – evangelisation. Readings for the Feast of St Cyril and St Methodius (Saturday 14 February) can be found here. What do you do with those flyers that are so often pushed through our letterboxes, advertisingContinue reading “Sharing the Good News”

Divisions in society, among nations, and even within the church seem to be a feature of modern life. Jesus shows us another way, as Fr Richard explores in today’s reflection on the daily mass readings. Readings for Friday in the fifth week of Ordinary Time can be found here. We are all familiar in modernContinue reading “Healing our divisions”

Some people appear to have it all but throw it all away; others who seem to have nothing can achieve great things through persistence and faithfulness. Fr Richard explores these contrasting fortunes in today’s reflection on the daily mass readings. Readings for Thursday of the fifth week of Ordinary Time can be found here. TheContinue reading “The great reversal”

God cannot be found at a particular address, nor can he be confined to our rules and customs. How does this belief shape our attitude to the world and other people? Fr Richard reflects on today’s readings from mass. Readings for Tuesday of the 5th week of Ordinary Time (memorial of St Scholastica) can beContinue reading “God’s address”

Why do we have favourite places, at home or out in the world, and why do we have physical places of worship? How is God’s presence to be found – in the bricks and mortar or in the people who make up worshipping communities? Today’s reflection on the daily mass readings with Fr Richard. ReadingsContinue reading “Where is God’s presence?”

In today’s reflection on the daily mass readings, Fr Richard considers the various storms that assail us in life, and hoe God guides us through them. Readings for Saturday of the third week of Ordinary Time can be found here. In 2015, the UK’s Met Office began the practice of naming winter storms. The firstContinue reading “In the eye of a storm”

In today’s reflection on the daily mass readings, Fr Richard reflects on how God uses the flawed and the fallible to further his purposes. Readings for Friday in the third week of Ordinary Time can be found here. The popular press, and nowadays the internet, loves a scandal. Especially if it involves a political orContinue reading “God’s work, human hands”

In today’s reflection on the daily mass readings, Fr Richard considers the importance of nurturing and growing our faith so that we might be a blessing to others Readings for Thursday of the third week of Ordinary Time can be found here. The great Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Pederewski, who also briefly served as hisContinue reading “Growing our faith”

In today’s reflection on the daily mass readings, Fr Richard considers what it means to be part of God’s family Readings for mass can be found here Recently I was sorting out my father’s house in Somerset following his move to a care home here in Cardiff. I unearthed a trove of photographs, including theContinue reading “Part of God’s family”