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Personal Blog of Reverend Brendan Flaxman
In Your Midst


Sunday 25th May 2025 - The sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 15:1-2, 22-29/ Ps 67(66)/ Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23/ John 14:23-29 Peace seems to be an elusive thing that occurs from time to time...
May 24, 2025


Sunday the 18th of May 2025 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 14:21b-27/ Ps 145(144)/ Revelation 21:1-5a/ John 13:31-33a, 34-35 This week it has really felt that spring is here, the sun has been...
May 17, 2025


Sunday the 11th of May 2025 - The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 13:14, 43b-52/ Ps 100(99)/ Revelation 7:9, 13a, 14b-17/ John 10:27-30 In a society that has increasingly moved away from mainstream...
May 10, 2025


Sunday the 4th of May 2025 - Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-41/ Ps 30(29)/ Revelation 5:11-14/ John 21:1-19 There are craftspeople who can take the most delipidated and damaged...
May 3, 2025


Sunday the 27th of April 2025 - Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday
Acts 5:12-16/ Ps 118(117)/ Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19/ John 20:19-31 What does it take for us to believe something? If we see...
Apr 26, 2025


Sunday the 20th of April 2025 - Easter Sunday
Acts 10:34a, 37-43/ Ps 118(117)/ Colossians 3:1-4/ John 20:1-9 In a world of so much information being fired at us from every side it is...
Apr 19, 2025


Sunday the 13th of April 2025 - Palm Sunday
Luke 19:28-40/ Isaiah 50:4-7/ Ps 22(21)/ Philippians 2:6-11/ Luke 22:14-23:56 People can be fickle, easily influenced by what they see...
Apr 12, 2025


Sunday the 6th of April 2025 - The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Isaiah 43:16-21/ Ps 126(125)/ Philippians 3:8-14/ John 8:1-11 We live in a society that can be quick to judge, eager to cast the first...
Apr 5, 2025


Sunday the 30th of March 2025 - Fourth Sunday of Lent - Laetare Sunday
Joshua 5:9a, 10-12/ Ps 34(33)/ 2 Corinthians 5:17-21/ Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 The family unit should be the foundation of society. We learn...
Mar 29, 2025


Sunday the 23rd of March 2025 - Third Sunday of Lent
Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15/ Ps 103(102)/ 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10/ Luke 13:1-9 One of the most challenging questions asked of us about our...
Mar 22, 2025


Sunday the 16th of March 2025 - Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18/ Ps 27(26)/ Philippians 3:17-4:1/ Luke 9:28b-36 We are bombarded with the shouting voices of individuals and...
Mar 15, 2025


Sunday the 9th of March 2025 - First Sunday of Lent
Deuteronomy 26:4-10/ Ps 91(90)/ Romans 10:8-13/ Luke 4:1-13 Most people know about giving something up for Lent, but do we understand the...
Mar 8, 2025


Sunday the 2nd of March 2025 - The Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sirach 27:4-7/ Ps 92(91)/ 1 Corinthians 15:54-58/ Luke 6:39-45 A saying ascribed to either Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain says, ‘Better to...
Mar 1, 2025


Sunday the 23rd of February 2025 - The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23/ Ps 103(102)/ 1 Corinthians 15:45-49/ Luke 6:27-38 Anthony Walker was an 18-year-old student...
Feb 22, 2025


Sunday the 16th of February 2025 - The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 17:5-8/ Ps 1/1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20/ Luke 6:17, 20-26 Are you happy? Do you feel blessed? In our world of consumerism, we...
Feb 15, 2025


Sunday the 9th of February 2025 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8/ Ps 138(137)/ 1 Corinthians 15:1-11/ Luke 5:1-11 As a seafaring nation we understand the perils of the sea. Goods are...
Feb 8, 2025


Sunday the 2nd of February 2025 - The Presentation of The Lord
Malachi 3:1-4/ Ps 24(23)/ Hebrews 2:14-18/ Luke 2:22-40 We can spend a lot of time waiting for things. Even in our fast-moving world we...
Feb 1, 2025


Sunday the 26th of January 2025 - The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday of the Word of God
Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10/ Ps 19(18)/ 1 Corinthians 12:12-30/ Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 At Mass Jesus is present to us in several ways,...
Jan 25, 2025


Sunday the 19th of January 2025 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 62:1-5/ Ps 96(95)/ 1 Corinthians 12:4-11/ John 2:1-11 Too often Christianity is associated with forbidding things and dour...
Jan 18, 2025


Sunday the 12th of January 2025 - The Baptism of the Lord
Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11/ Ps 104(103)/ Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7/ Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Baptism should not be a rite of passage, a cultural event, or...
Jan 11, 2025
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