David Rocks
fr David Edward Rocks OP live at the Priory of the Holy Spirit, Oxford, and is Chaplain to the Oratory School.
david.rocks@english.op.org
Humble Need
Seventeenth Sunday of the Year. fr David Rocks helps us to see how our needs open us to God's grace. Some
Show Your Workings
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year. fr David Rocks reflects upon how God's forgiveness is worked out in our lives. Recently I
Edgy Joy
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday). Fr David encourages us not to lose hope during this time of waiting, but to
Rejected love?
Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr David Rocks shows how the story of Jesus' rejection by his own people mirrors
To Live As Saints
Solemnity of All Saints. Fr David Rocks helps us to see that become a saint is not a rejection of
Open Your Mind
Second Sunday of the Year. Fr David Rocks has been given something to think about by secularist students. Walking around a
Have Your Eyes Fixed on the Head
Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr David Rocks has been reading Tolstoy. Writing against the background of czarist Russia, Leo Tolstoy's
The Triumph of the Cross
Good Friday. Fr David Rocks explains why it is right that Christ carries his own Cross. This is a day of
Risen, Ascended, Glorified
The Ascension of the Lord. Fr David Rocks preaches on the ministry of the risen Christ in St Mark's Gospel. The
Friars’ Passions – 3 The Heavens are telling the glory of God …
It’s not very inviting to venture out these January evenings, but the frost and cold is no match for warm
What the Rosary means to me … 5
I close my eyes and I reach for the beads. I squeeze the sharp edges of the Crucifix in the
A Crown of True Glory
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr David Edward Rocks goes to the heart of discipleship. Jesus' foretelling of his death and