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Personal Blog of Reverend Brendan Flaxman
In Your Midst


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


Sunday the 18th of February 2024 - The First Sunday of Lent
Genesis 9:8-15/ Psalm 24(25)/ 1 Peter 3:18-22/ Mark 1:12-15 On Wednesday we entered the season of Lent. A period of forty days, excluding...
Feb 17, 2024


Sunday 11th of February 2024 - the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46/ Psalm 31(32)/ 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1/ Mark 1:40-45 The lockdowns imposed during the COVID pandemic brought home...
Feb 10, 2024


Sunday the 4th of February 2024 - The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Job 7:1-4,6-7/ Psalm 146(147)/ 1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23/ Mark 1:29-39 In the apparently ever increasingly cynical and disbelieving...
Feb 3, 2024


Sunday the 28th of January 2024 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deuteronomy 18:15-20/ Psalm 94(95)/ 1 Corinthians 7:32-35/ Mark 1:21-28 Capernaum is a beautiful lakeside location on the north side of...
Jan 27, 2024


Sunday 21st January 2024 - Sunday of The Word of God
Jonah 3:1-5,10/ Psalm 24(25)/ 1 Corinthians 7:29-31/ Mark 1:14-20 How would you react if you were going about your daily business and a...
Jan 20, 2024


Sunday 14th of January 2024 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 3:3-10,19/ Psalm 39(40)/ 1 Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20/ John 1:35-42 Today we get to the heart of what it is to be Christian, to...
Jan 13, 2024


Sunday 7th January 2024 - The Epiphany
Isaiah 60:1-6/ Psalm 71(72)/ Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6/ Matthew 2:1-12 They were not Kings and there may not have been three of them. The...
Jan 6, 2024


Sunday the 31st of December 2023 - The Holy Family
Genesis 15:1-6,21:1-3/ Psalm 104(105)/ Hebrews 11:8,11-12,17-19/ Luke 2:22-40 Today the Church invites us to consider Mary, Joseph and...
Dec 30, 2023


Sunday 24th of December 2023 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-12,14,16/ Psalm 88(89)/ Romans 16:25-27/ Luke 1:26-38 What is it to be a Christian especially in this time often...
Dec 23, 2023


Sunday 17th of December 2023 - Third Sunday of Advent – Gaudete Sunday
Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11/ Luke 1:46-50,53-54/1 Thessalonians 5:16-24/ John 1:6-8,19-28 Today, midway through our season of Advent, we are...
Dec 16, 2023
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