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Dear Parishioners Today we celebrate the Solemnity of The Most Holy Trinity. On this Sunday the liturgy invites us to praise God not merely for the wonders that he has worked, but for who he is; for the beauty and goodness of his being from which his action stems. We are invited, so to speak, to contemplate […]

Dear Parishioners Today the Easter Season formally draws to a close with the celebration of the great solemnity of Pentecost. In the Gospel today we hear the words: ‘Peace be with you!’ and with these words the Risen Lord stood amongst his fear-filled followers. He breathed the Holy Spirit upon them. With their hearts filled with […]

Dear Parishioners On the 7th Sunday in Easter, we keep World Communication Day, a day on which we pray at all our Sunday Masses for the work of those engaged in communications, and in particular, the new Communication Directorate of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for England and Wales. This Sunday there will be a second collection at […]

Dear Parishioners This coming week I shall be away at the Diocesan Clergy Conference from Monday 15th May until Wednesday 17th May. There will be no Public Worship on Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week.  On Thursday 18th May we celebrate the great Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, and we shall welcome St Marys School to Mass that morning at 10 […]

Dear Parishioners As we come together this weekend as the Catholic community here in Grantham, to celebrate together the Sunday Masses for the 5thSunday of Easter, we are I am sure mindful too that our country has a new King! He became King though when his mother died last year, but King Charles was publicly crowned […]

Dear Parishioners The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III: Following the recent meeting of the Bishops’ Conference for England and Wales Standing Committee it was decided that our Catholic communities should mark the Coronation of the King by praying for his intentions as he is crowned on Saturday 6th May. In our parish we shall offer: […]

Dear Parishioners In the Gospel set for this Sunday the 3rd Sunday of Easter we hear how the Apostles eyes were opened and they recognised Jesus, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He spoke to us on the road and explained the scriptures to […]

Dear Parishioners Today the Church keeps the 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday), all the liturgical readings and prayers for each Sunday between Easter and Pentecost invite us into different movements of the one great symphony of resurrection faith. Today we contemplate the Divine Mercy of God, of our own need of God’s loving mercy […]

Dear Parishioners Belief in the Resurrection is the bedrock of Christianity. It is the heart of the Easter message. In the risen Christ death has lost its hold on humanity. Death is not for us the end of the story. It is the beginning of a new chapter. At Easter we are reminded that there […]

Dear Parishioners Today on Palm Sunday we begin our journey through Holy Week towards Easter. In Holy Week we think about the passion, death, and resurrection of Our Lord. We are not merely recalling historical events. We are not just enacting a pageant with no meaning. We are remembering and reflecting on these events in […]