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We are faced with many choices in life. How do we know the right ones to make, and what their consequences will be? Fr Richard reflects on today’s daily mass readings. Readings for Friday of the first week of Lent can be found here. Often in life we are faced with choices, and it’s notContinue reading “Choices, choices”

No matter our rank or status in this world, we can all come before God in prayer and are equal in his eyes. Fr Richard reflects on the daily mass readings. Readings for Thursday in the first week of Lent can be found here. There was a moving moment during the funeral of Queen ElizabethContinue reading “Equal in prayer”

A oes gennym ni ein llygaid ar agor i sylwi ar Dduw yn ein plith, neu a yw pethau eraill yn tynnu ein sylw? Myfyrodd ar ddarlleniadau dyddiol y Tad Richard. Cliciwch yma am ddarlleniadau heddiw. Click here for today’s readings. Am ddwy flynedd bron, arferwn yrru bob wythnos i weld fy nhad yng NgwladContinue reading “Sylwi ar Dduw … Noticing God”

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?”

“St Augustine famously wrote, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”” In today’s reflection from the Daily Mass, Fr Dean explores the restlessness we may experience on our journey through life.