This Sunday s Gospel is a selection from the Gospel of John specifically a passage that tells of two of John s disciples becoming disciples of Jesus To preach on this text can be made relatively simple certainly to change one s religious dedication and devotion in the light of new understa

Nothing less than pivotal is the baptism of Jesus Matthew our Gospel writer of Sunday tells us nothing about Jesus after the notice that the Holy Family settled in Nazareth nothing till this moment when Jesus seeks baptism from John Lest this turning to John for a religious act seem

In the last installment of our Advent and Christmas video series Fr Jim Martin reflects on the Feast of the Three Kings Tim Reidy

The ancient world in all its parts had what we strictly or loosely call Philosophers that is those who love wisdom which is what Philosopher means Wisdom is avidly searched for because wisdom is the prerequisite or requirement for happiness and happiness perfect happiness is what we al

T S Eliot and W B Yeats both wrote poems about the visit of the three kings They re notable for the stark challenges they pose Eliot s poem particularly in the last verse shows the whole world of the three kings challenged radically just by the birth of Jesus Yeats has them seeking the

There is no getting around it if you grew up as a Protestant or an Anabaptist Mary is often a confusing figure Not I would say an essentially divisive figure not a troubling figure but confusing The confusion stems from how to accept Mary There is a sense that Roman Catholics say too much a