Tag: Catholic
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Paul on Paul – 9th May 2021
1 John 3:18-24 Our faith has its foundations in Love for others, knowledge of God’s commandments & belief in Christ as Lord. This Sunday’s 2nd Reading invites us to reflect on all 3, but forces us to ackowledge that these don’t ‘just happen’ but requre our action.
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Paul on Paul – 2nd May 2021
1 John 3:18-24 Our faith has its foundations in Love for others, knowledge of God’s commandments & belief in Christ as Lord. This Sunday’s 2nd Reading invites us to reflect on all 3, but forces us to ackowledge that these don’t ‘just happen’ but requre our action.
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Paul on Paul – 25th April 2021
1 John 3:1-2 This Sunday’s 2nd reading is desceptively short, but contains within it 2 fundemental Christian Truths: that God loves us as children, but we do not yet know Him.
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Paul on Paul – 18th April 2021
1 John 2:1-5a We cannot know God perfectly, but that doesn’t mean we know nothing of Him, or what he calls us to do. John tells us that the way for us to know God, is to listen to what he asks of us.
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Paul on Paul – 11th April 2021
1 John 5:1-6 This Sunday – like Jesus himself – is known by many names. But all these names remind us to the same trust – that Jesus who came by both water and blood died for us so we can experience his mercy, and that ir doesn’t get better than that.
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Paul on Paul – 28th March 2021
Philippians 2:6-11 On the final Sunday in Lent, the 2nd Reading us focussed on the events of Holy Week – of Chirst’s death and new life and it’s meaning for us. As we conclude our Lenten Sacramental Refelctions we use this to explore the Sacrament of the Sick and how we should approach our own…
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Paul on Paul – 21st March 2021
Hebrews 5:7-9 Christ’s submission to the Father’s Will is the focus of this week’s (and next’s) 2nd Reading. This gives us an oppurtunity to reflect on the duty of obedience in the Church, both in everyday life, but in Marriage and Holy Orders.
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Paul on Paul – 14th March 2021
Ephesians 2:4-10 In a Lenten Sunday of particular rejoycing – we pass half-way point of Lent. With that, we can begin to see over the brow of the hill to Easter, and what that means for us and our understanding of God’s lasting great gift to us – the Eucharist.
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Paul on Paul – 7th March 2021
1 Corinthians 1: 22-25 Many people refuse to believe in God and instead demand a sign from Him as confirmation, or scientic evidence as proof. But as well as providing these thorughout histroy, God gives us these gift in our very own lives in the Sacrament of Confirmation.
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Paul on Paul – 28th February 2021
Roman 8:31-34 Continuing our Lenten relfections on the Sacraments in the 2nd reading, this week we look at what Paul means when he speaks of God Aquiting – and what it can tell us about the Sacrament of Confession.
Corpus Christi & Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 