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Holy Week Retreat: Spy Wednesday

Wednesday 17 April 2019

Fr Thomas presents today’s address for EWTN’s Holy Week Retreat from the Church of the Holy Family Southampton. Holy Week Retreat: Maundy Thursday »

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Holy Week Retreat: Tuesday

Tuesday 16 April 2019

In half term, while away with our group in Bournemouth, Fr Neil and Fr Thomas went to Southampton to record talks for Holy Week with EWTN. Fr Neil gives the reflection for today here. If you want to catchup with yesterday’s talk, by Fr James Bradley, which was linked on our facebook page, it is […]

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“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her”

Sunday 7 April 2019

Dear friends, In the epistle St Paul says that we cannot earn our way to salvation in Christ. He speaks about a righteousness that comes from faith – our trusting ourselves to Christ and his infinite mercy. This trust however, requires a letting go of everything for the sake of Christ and being happy to […]

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Deliver us! Readings for Lent 3.

Sunday 24 March 2019

Dear Friends, This week we once again encounter God on the mountain. Moses in our Old Testament lesson meets God in the burning bush. In so doing God reveals something about himself. Moses has to take off his shoes because where God is, there is holiness and his name is mysterious ‘I am, who I […]

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Co-operating with God: Reflection on the Transfiguration

Wednesday 20 March 2019

Dear Friends “He will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body.” This is the great promise which is held out to us. That the glory which Christ has, the perfection and beauty, is being offered to us. We are looking forward to Christ’s redemption – to spending eternity in heaven […]

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CTS materials to take you through Lent

Monday 4 March 2019

With the ‘Penance and Pancake’ tomorrow, Lent is well and truly upon us. There will be two options for Lent groups this year with the parish of Christ the King: one following on from the Advent course, continuing to look at the Lord’s Prayer and another one, using group materials at St Joachim. However many […]

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