Posts by Fr Neil Chatfield

Parable of the Talents; 19th-century anonymous engraving

You have been faithful over a little: I will set you over much

Sunday 15 November 2020

The moment we stop hiding and come into the light of Christ, acknowledging our sin, we move towards God’s merciful love that calls us to share in the master’s happiness and joy for all eternity.

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Statement from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Sunday 1 November 2020

It is a source of deep anguish now that the Government is requiring, once again, the cessation of public communal worship.

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Ad palmam victoriæ

Monday 26 October 2020

The martyrs we celebrate today remind us that to be clothed with Christ through baptism means to follow in his footsteps, to seek his will and to bear witness to his saving passion.

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Repent and believe the gospel

Sunday 27 September 2020

Those who seek to conform their will to Christ’s words of eternal life discover that they themselves begin to reflect the image of Christ to the world.

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Forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors

Sunday 13 September 2020

As subjects of the Kingdom, we are bound to forgive our penitent brethren because our Master and Lord has told us to.

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Take up thy Cross, the Saviour said

Sunday 30 August 2020

The following of Christ is none other than the way of the Cross. There is no escaping this path if we wish to save our lives.

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