Lent - 2nd Sunday
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The Three Peaks Challenge
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Lawrence Lew speaks to us of mountains. Mountaineering is a transcendent experience. On a human level, we
Not a Time for Glory?
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Benjamin Earl wonders why we read about the Transfiguration during Lent. Every year on this second
The Last Word
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Aidan Nichols wonders why we read about the Transfiguration in Lent. Today's Gospel is the story
Not to Dazzle but to Die
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr John Patrick Kenrick preaches on our Lenten sacrifices. Our readiness to make sacrifices for those we claim
A Revelation on the Mountain
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Leo Edgar encourages us to keep looking upwards. When Sir Edmund Hilary died recently, the writers of
A Glimpse of What Lies Ahead
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Michael Platts prays that we might offer the world a glimpse of the glory of Christ. It
Only Jesus
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Columba Ryan preaches on the transfiguration of Christ. In Mark's Gospel we reach a turning point
Growing into the Light
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr John Orme Mills considers why the joyful story of Christ's Transfiguration should feature so prominently in
Citizens of Heaven
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr David Goodill preaches on the needs of the exile. My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn
Abraham and the Transfiguration
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Fabian Radcliffe preaches on the Transfiguration of Jesus in the light of the calling and
Our Commonwealth is in Heaven
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Simon Gaine preaches on Paul's words to the Phillippians. 'Our commonwealth is in heaven', writes St