Lent

Readings: Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 49; Mt 23:1-12 “They preach but do not practise” [Mt 23:3] says Our Lord in today's Gospel, describing the

Readings: Matthew 17:1-19. What on earth is St. Peter thinking? In the middle of this mystical scene, a moment of profound

Readings: Deuteronomy: 26: 16 - 19; Psalm 119: 1-8; Matthew 5: 43-48 Today’s first reading is a section from Moses’ long

The Dominican student brothers will be leading the Stations of the Cross every Friday in Lent (except Good Friday) at 5.15pm

Queen Esther (Edwin Long, 1878)

Readings: Jonah, 3:1-10, Luke, 11:29-32 The Ten Commandments

What is the purpose of abstaining from certain pleasures during Lent? Along with prayer and almsgiving, we abstain during Lent

Readings at Mass: Lev 19:1-2, 11-18; Matt 25:31-46 In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel Small Gods, the ‘great God Om’ tries to

Tonight, at Mass & Vespers in Oxford, the Blackfriars schola will sing 'Ne irascaris, Domine' by Byrd. The motet has

Readings: Isaiah 58:9-14; Psalm 85:1-6; Luke 5:27-32 If I had to bet on what one question most Catholics have been asked

Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15. Today, John’s disciples indulge a brief foray into comparative religion: why aren’t Jesus’s followers observing the same dietary

Readings: Dt 30:15-20, Ps 1, Lk 9:22-25 In today's Gospel Jesus says to us: "If anyone wishes to come after me,