Good morning friends, today we join James from London, England. In today’s reading, from the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells one of his disciples to follow him, and “leave the dead to bury their dead.” Jesus is perhaps telling us here of the importance and urgency of following him. His mission is so vital, that...

Good morning friends, today we join Robert Altman, a chaplain in Belvedere College, Dublin. In today’s reading, from Saint Paul to the Galatians, Paul points out that it is for freedom that Christ has set us free. We are called to be free, and to use that freedom not to be selfish, but to serve...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Terry Murray OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Today’s Gospel reading is from Luke, and focuses on the time when Mary and Joseph lost Jesus for three days. He had been in Jerusalem, in...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Terry Murray OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. And today’s Gospel is from Luke, which focuses on the parable of the lost sheep. One of the messages from this story is that regardless of...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Tom Devereux OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. Today we celebrate the Feast of the birth of Saint John the Baptist. The Gospel reading from Luke today is about the birth of Elizabeth’s child, John. There was great rejoicing at the birth of John, because...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Tom Devereux OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. In today’s Gospel, we hear about the importance of taking up our cross and following in Jesus’ footsteps. Today, on the Feast of saints Thomas More and John Fisher, we see the examples of two individuals who...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Terry Murray OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London.   The Gospel reading today: A lawyer, to disconcert Jesus, asked him this question: “Which is the greatest commandment of the Law?” And Jesus said, “’You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Johnson Susai Raj OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. In today’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says remove the plank from your own eye before taking out the splinter from another person. Jesus did not condemn people, but invited them to become the...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Terry Murray OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi – literally the feast of the Body of Christ. As Catholics, we believe that we receive the body of Christ in the Eucharist. The feast also reminds us that we...

Good morning friends, today we join Fr Terry Murray OMI, from the Sacred Heart parish in Kilburn, London. In today’s reading from Matthew, there is a focus on the importance of living in the present moment, and not to worry about yesterday or tomorrow. Yesterday has gone, tomorrow is not here – all we have...