Posts by Fr Neil Chatfield

Not a scorpion, but the Holy Spirit

Sunday 24 July 2022

Only as children of God can we — with wonderful assurance — seek, knock and find the very presence and gifts of God that he longs to give us.

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Go and do likewise

Sunday 10 July 2022

Let us follow Christ’s calling and create a little bit of heaven on earth, seeing the example he gave and going to do likewise.

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Follow Christ out of the world

Sunday 26 June 2022

Sometimes it is all to easy — even without thinking — to find ourselves following the voice of the world at large. The way of discipleship isn’t the easy way and may well lead us into a position where we find ourselves in direct opposition to the world.

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Fresco of the Holy Trinity, Giovanni Maria Conti della Camera (1614–1670), c.1660; Chiesa di Santa Croce, Parma

One God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity

Sunday 12 June 2022

The intimacy between Father, Son and Holy Spirit reveals a dynamic relationship of love into which we are called to participate and to which we are called to bear witness.

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Pentecost (detail), Jean Restout the Younger (1692–1768), 1732; Musée du Louvre

Spirit of Unity

Sunday 5 June 2022

It is in the Holy Spirit that we are enabled to know Christ personally and become a temple of the Holy Spirit of God while within the community of faith.

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Ut unum sint

Sunday 29 May 2022

True unity is not something that we can obtain by our own efforts, by forcing people into conformity to a particular ideology. Without the submitting of ourselves to the revelation of God in Christ, our prayer and mission will only be a sad reflection of ourselves. It is only in Christ alone that our rich diversity can be fruitful for the body as a whole and reflect the wonder and glory of the gospel to a world that is in dire need of eternal life and salvation.

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