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Personal Blog of Reverend Brendan Flaxman
In Your Midst


Sunday the 12th of October 2025 - The Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 5:14-17/Ps 98(97)/ 2 Timothy 2:8-13/ Luke 17:11-19 It can become easy to take things for granted, and especially so when we have...
Oct 11, 2025


Sunday the 5th of October 2025 - The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4/ Ps 95(94)/ 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14/ Luke 17:5-10 The readings today speak to us about faith and how it should guide...
Oct 4, 2025


Sunday the 28th of September 2025 - The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Amos 6:1a, 4-7/ Ps 146(145)/ 1 Timothy 6:11-16/ Luke 16:19-31 Who are the privileged today? We look around our world and we see many...
Sep 27, 2025


Sunday the 21st of September 2025 - The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Amos 8:4-7/ Ps 113(112)/ 1 Timothy 2:1-8/ Luke 16:10-13 We are urged to contribute to food banks and there are collection points in our...
Sep 20, 2025


Sunday the 14th of September 2025 - The Exaltation of The Holy Cross
Numbers 21:4b-9/ Ps 78(77)/ Philippians 2:6-11/ John 3:13-17 The cross is the universal image of our Christian faith. It might seem...
Sep 13, 2025


Sunday the 7th of September 2025 - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 9:13-18b/ Ps 90(89)/ Philemon 9b-10, 12-17/ Luke 14:25-33 The saints give us examples of how to live a Christian life. In some...
Sep 6, 2025


Sunday the 31st of August 2025 - Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29/ Ps 68(67)/ Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a/ Luke 14:1, 7-14 In our society today, humility is often seen as a...
Aug 30, 2025


Sunday the 24th of August 2025 - Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 66:18-21/ Ps 117(116)/ Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13/ Luke 13:22-30 Most clubs require membership. I have been a member of several clubs...
Aug 23, 2025


Sunday the 17th of August 2025 - The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10, Ps 40(39), Hebrews 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53 I have never been much of a sportsman, I am not one who will compete in...
Aug 16, 2025


Sunday the 10th of August 2025 - The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 18:6-9/ Ps 33(32)/ Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-12/ Luke 12:35-40 We are all encouraged to plan for the future, to plan for things we know...
Aug 9, 2025


Sunday the 3rd of August 2025 - The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23/ Ps 90(89)/ Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11/ Luke 12:13-21 There are several storage companies available locally...
Aug 2, 2025


Sunday the 27th of July 2025 - The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Genesis 18:20-32/ Ps 138(137)/ Colossians 2:12-14/ Luke 11:1-13 Karl Barth was a renowned Christian theologian who used his considerable...
Jul 26, 2025


Sunday the 20th of July 2025 - The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Genesis 18:1-10a/ Ps 15(14)/ Colossians 1:24-28/ Luke 10:38-42 When we host dinner parties at home or even simple family gatherings it...
Jul 19, 2025


Sunday the 13th of July 2025 - The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deuteronomy 30:10-14/ Ps 69(68)/ Colossians 1:15-20/ Luke 10:25-37 There are two questions at the heart of today’s scripture, ‘what shall...
Jul 12, 2025


Sunday the 6th of July 2025 - The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 66:10-14c/ Ps 66(65)/ Galatians 6:14-18/ Luke 10:1-9 I read recently the story of a military chaplain serving in the first world...
Jul 5, 2025


Sunday the 29th of June 2025 - Saints Peter and Paul
Acts 12:1-11/ Ps 34(33)/ 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18/ Matthew 16:13-19 Today we celebrate two of the great founding saints of our church,...
Jun 28, 2025


Sunday the 22nd Of June 2025 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi
Genesis 14:18-20/ Ps 110(109)/ 1 Corinthians 11:23-26/ Luke 9:11b-17 Carlo Acutis was born in London in 1991 to Italian parents who were...
Jun 21, 2025


Sunday the 15th of June 2025 - The Most Holy Trinity
Proverbs 8:22-31/ Ps 8/ Romans 5:1-5/ John 16:12-15 There is a story that a young man in formation for the priesthood asked his theology...
Jun 14, 2025


Sunday the 8th of June 2025 - Pentecost
Acts 2:1-11/ Ps 104(103)/ 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13/ John 20:19-23 In our times we can become overwhelmed by the babble coming to us...
Jun 7, 2025


Sunday the 1st of June 2025 - 7th Sunday of Easter
Acts 7:55-60/ Ps 97(96)/ Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20/ John 17:20-26 If we dare to witness to Jesus and the gospel we are liable to be...
May 31, 2025
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