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Personal Blog of Reverend Brendan Flaxman
In Your Midst


Sunday 7th of July 2024 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ezekiel 2:2-5/ Psalm 122(123)/ 2 Corinthians 12:7-10/ Mark 6:1-6 It is when I am weak that I am strong. This statement from Saint Paul...
Jul 6, 2024


Sunday the 30th of June 2024-St Peter and St Paul
Acts 12:1-11/ Psalm 33(34)/ 2 Timothy 4:6-8,17-18/ Matthew 16:13-19 Today we celebrate two great pillars of the church, Saints Peter and...
Jun 29, 2024


Sunday 23rd of June 2024 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Job 38:1,8-11/ Psalm 106(107)/ 2 Corinthians 5:14-17/ Mark 4:35-41 The sea can be calm and serene one moment and terrifying the next....
Jun 22, 2024


Sunday the 16th of June 2024 - The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ezekiel 17:22-24/ Psalm 91(92)/ 2 Corinthians 5:6-10/ Mark 4:26-34 What can we say the Kingdom of God is like? What do we mean by the...
Jun 15, 2024


Sunday 9th of June 2024 - The Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Genesis 3:9-15/ Psalm 129(130)/ 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1/ Mark 3:20-35 When considering the bible and the various books that it contains it...
Jun 8, 2024


Sunday 2nd of June 2024 - Corpus Christi
Exodus 24:3-8/ Psalm 115(116)/ Hebrews 9:11-15/ Mark 14:12-16,22-26 Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ, a day to call to mind...
Jun 1, 2024


Sunday 26th of May 2024 - The Most Holy Trinity
Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40/ Psalm 32(33)/ Romans 8:14-17/ Matthew 28:16-20 When we pray who is it that comes to Mind? Who is it we are...
May 25, 2024


Sunday 19th of May 2024 - Pentecost
Acts 2:1-11/ Psalm 103(104)/ Galatians 5:16-25/ John 15:26-27,16:12-15 Today we mark what is effectively the birthday of the Church....
May 18, 2024


Sunday 12th of May 2024 - Seventh Sunday of Easter
Acts 1:15-17,20-26/ Psalm 102(103)/ 1 John 4:11-16/ John 17:11-19 Jesus has ascended into heaven, the promised arrival of the Holy Spirit...
May 11, 2024


Sunday the 5th May 2024 - Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48/ Psalm 97(98)/Â 1 John 4:7-10/Â John 15:9-17 As the Easter season continues, we are given a deeper understanding...
May 4, 2024


Sunday 28th of April 2024 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 9:26-31/ Psalm 21(22)/ 1 John 3:18-24/ John 15:1-8 Last Sunday’s theme of Jesus as our caring good shepherd shifts into a deeper...
Apr 27, 2024


Sunday 21st of April 2024 - The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 4:8-12/ Psalm 117(118)/ 1 John 3:1-2/ John 10:11-18 The passage from John’s gospel today presents Jesus as a model shepherd with his...
Apr 20, 2024


Sunday 14th of April 2024 - Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 3:13-15,17-19/ Psalm 4/1 John 2:1-5/ Luke 24:35-48 On this third Sunday of Easter, we are encouraged to consider further the meaning...
Apr 13, 2024


Sunday 7th of April 2024 - Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday
Acts 4:32-35/ Psalm 117(118)/ 1 John 5:1-6/ John 20:19-31 On the 25th of August 1905 the third of ten children was born into a poor...
Apr 6, 2024


Sunday 31st of March 2024 - Easter Sunday
Acts 10:34,37-43/ Psalm 117(118)/ Colossians 3:1-4/ John 20:1-9 ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they...
Mar 30, 2024


Sunday the 24th of March 2024 - Palm Sunday
Isaiah 50:4-7/ Psalm 21(22)/ Philippians 2:6-11/ Mark 14:1-15:47 Nearing the end of Lent we anticipate the suffering and death of Jesus....
Mar 23, 2024


Sunday the 17th of March 2024 - The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Jeremiah 31:31-34/ Psalm 50(51)/ Hebrews 5:7-9/ John 12:20-33 If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest....
Mar 16, 2024


Sunday the 10th of March 2024 - The Fourth Sunday of Lent – Laetare Sunday
2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23/ Psalm 136(137)/ Ephesians 2:4-10/ John 3:14-21 Living on an Island we become quite aware of the sea and how...
Mar 9, 2024


Sunday the 3rd of March 2024 - The Third Sunday of Lent
Exodus 20:1-17/ Psalm 18(19)/1 Corinthians 1:22-25/John 2:13-25 The gospel today is the dramatic account of Jesus cleansing the temple....
Mar 2, 2024


Sunday the 25th of February 2024 - Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18/ Psalm 115(116)/ Romans 8:31-34/ Mark 9:2-10 The Old Testament account of Abraham taking his only son Isaac...
Feb 24, 2024
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