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Dear Parish Friends There is a story that a schoolboy was asked what part of speech 'my' and 'mine' were. He answered 'Aggressive Pronouns'! This could be a description of the rich man in Jesus' parable this week (Luke 12:13-21) who, when his harvest was abundant built bigger barns to keep it all in. He was self-centred, not looking beyond himself to either the needs of others, nor to the presence of the one who actually gave the abundance. Jesus is not criticising the man

Dear Parish Friends Our gospel passage this weekend is again very familiar: Jesus answering his disciples request to teach them how to pray by giving the prayer that has come to be known as The Lord's Prayer. As a model for prayer it has lasted the centuries. First we are reminded of to whom we are praying, giving God the glory, before encompassing our present (food), past (forgiveness) and future (fidelity). It has been said that we can use the Lord's Prayer either at the

Dear Parish Friends We’re continuing to come upon familiar passages as we read through the the gospel of Luke. This week it is the story of Mary and Martha, friends of Jesus. You may recall that Martha is rushed off her feet preparing food, whilst Mary just sits at Jesus' feet listening to him. However rather than asking us to choose between contemplation or activity (with the implicit assumption that the former is the higher calling), we are reminded that both are necessar

Dear Parish Friends As we continue to read through Luke's gospel, we reach one of the most familiar parables that Jesus told, the Good Samaritan. Whilst most people read in this a call to be neighbourly, to look after our fellow men and women, Jesus' message is two-fold. First he addresses the question of 'who is my neighbour?', showing that this is not as straightforward as one might first perceive. But then note the context in which the parable was given. The lawyer who spo

Dear Parish Friends On this fourth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue to read through Luke's gospel, and see that right from the outset Jesus intended his mission to be shared. Not only did he have his twelve chosen disciples round him, but a large group of men and women who followed him. In this week's gospel passage we hear that Jesus sends these followers out as ambassadors, preparing the people they spoke to for the coming of Jesus and the gospel of the kingdom. They w