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Personal Blog of Reverend Brendan Flaxman
In Your Midst


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


Sunday 10th December 2023 - Second Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11/ Psalm 84(85)/ 2 Peter 3:8-14/ Mark 1:1-8 ‘A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths...
Dec 9, 2023


Sunday 3rd of December 2023 - The First Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 63:16-17,64:1,3-8/ Psalm 79(80)/ 1 Corinthians 1:3-9/ Mark 13:33-37 As I get older the years seem to pass more quickly. The...
Dec 2, 2023


Sunday 26th of November 2023 - Christ the King
Ezekiel 34:11-12,15-17/ Psalm 22(23)/ 1 Corinthians 15:20-26,28/ Matthew 25:31-46 This is the last Sunday of the church’s year, and we...
Nov 25, 2023


Sunday 19th of November 2023 - Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31/ Psalm 127(128)/ 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6/ Matthew 25:14-30 Through the readings today we are called to a...
Nov 18, 2023


Sunday 12th November 2023 - The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 6:12-16/ Psalm 62(63)/ 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18/ Matthew 25:1-13 The readings today encourage us to consider wisdom. Not the wisdom...
Nov 11, 2023


Sunday 5th of November 2023 - The Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Malachi 1:14-2:2,8-10/ Psalm 130(131)/ 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9,13/ Matthew 23:1-12 To practice what you preach. This is the challenge to...
Nov 4, 2023


Sunday 29th October 2023 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Exodus 22:20-26/ Psalm 17(18)/ 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10/ Matthew 22:34-40 We are witnessing horrendous conflicts in the world. The wars in...
Oct 28, 2023


Sunday the 22nd of October 2023 - The Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 45:1,4-6/ Psalm 95(96)/ 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5/ Matthew 22:15-21 We live in a temporal world, but we belong to a spiritual kingdom....
Oct 21, 2023


Sunday the 15th of October 2023 - The Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 25:6-10/ Psalm 22(23)/ Philippians 4:12-14,19-20/ Matthew 22:1-14 When we are invited to a wedding it usually sparks excitement at...
Oct 14, 2023


Sunday 8th of October 2023 - Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 5:1-7/ Psalm 79(80)/ Philippians 4:6-9/ Matthew 21:33-43 If you enjoy gardening, you will know how much effort is required to keep...
Oct 7, 2023
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