Back when I was at primary school, we had quite a large field (or at least it seemed rather large when I was so small), and looking...

Back in November 2020, the world heard that the actor Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, had died. He was 6 ft...

Quite a few years ago, I was visiting the headmaster at our parish primary school. I hadn’t been a naughty boy – I can’t remember the...

It’s Lent, and it’s also the Year of Prayer.  So my task today is to link together these two themes, say a bit about the readings and...

I just can’t wait, can I? Lent hasn’t started yet, but I’m going to preach on sin. So what is sin? A simple answer would be: something...

There’s the story of a parish where there has been a flood.  The Parish Priest gives the announcements at the end of Mass and he says:...