Posts by Fr Neil Chatfield

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Sunday 2 August 2020

Even if we fall and fall badly, our Lord always provides a way back for those willing to take it.

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The virtuous will shine like the sun

Sunday 19 July 2020

Our Lord leaves us with more riddles in the parables of today’s gospel. These parables are parables of the kingdom of God; what it is like, and why it is like it is.

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My word shall not return to me empty

Sunday 12 July 2020

Some seed fell on rich soil and it produced a hundred-, sixty- and thirty-fold. Where the word finds a receptive heart then the miraculous happens and the Lord of Life bestows his graces.

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Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

Sunday 21 June 2020

It was to address our fallen nature that Our Lord came, to free us from the reign of evil, sin and death and make possible our reconciliation with God, the Father. Fear of what the implications might be for our lives or relationships, and the changes it may well require, should not impede our embracing of the way of reconciliation with our Lord.

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God is love: we also ought to love one another

Saturday 6 June 2020

The revealing of the one God in three Persons, the Holy Trinity, is a revelation of the heart of God for lost humanity to know His divine embrace.

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Witness to the faith and glorify the Lord

Saturday 23 May 2020

Yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.

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