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Year A is winding towards its end, with the usual theme of the ‘end time’ – the Second Coming of Jesus. That dominates the reading for the next three weeks. Most years when the shops and ads are already pushing us towards celebrating Christmas, it is an effort to match the liturgy’s mood, but in 2023 with two horrifying wars, weather catastrophes, and a continued food or cost of living crisis in many places, the outlook is already ‘apocalyptic’. Our task now is to remember that this is a time for Christian hope! Continue reading TEST POST ONLY – Scripture notes – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A – 12th November 2023

Only Luke of the four Gospels tells details of Jesus’ leaving this world to return to the Father in eternal glory – and Luke tells it twice, first at the end of his gospel and then at the beginning of the Book of Acts, where it is a bridge between Jesus life and the history of the first days of the Church.

For those unable to attend mass on a weekday, reading the liturgy selections can be a commemoration of the Ascension. Continue reading Test Post – Scripture notes – The Ascension of the Lord – 18th May 2023

On this Sunday between Ascension and Pentecost, the liturgy reflects on events that are on the threshold between past, present and the world to come. Stephen has a vision of Christ in glory, the book of Revelation steps out of time and Jesus in the gospel selection speaks of going to the Father, yet united to his living disciples. The ‘doorways’, holding past, present and future before us is one way to live as disciples in an ever-changing world. Continue reading Scripture notes – 7th Sunday of Easter, C – 29th May 2022 – TEST SITE