On Wednesday, Lent begins. I write today to give you every possible encouragement to use these weeks of Lent to refresh and deepen your faith. As we have just heard from the Book of Leviticus: 'Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy'...
Dear Bishop-elect Peter, In a few moments all of us, gathered here on this splendid day, will act as witnesses as you solemnly promise to undertake the duties of a bishop until the end of your life. These promises, one by one, detail the tasks…
Today is a day of memories, a Memorial Day. In our crowded lives, such days are important. They give us the opportunity to recall earlier inspiration, to refresh a sense of purpose, to remember lost friends and colleagues, to feel again both deep...
How moving to hear Cardinal Hume describe the mystery of the Incarnation! I always think of him when I enter this building and see his tomb. I find myself remembering the day he first showed me his Cathedral. I'd been ordained just a few weeks;...
"To get us all to heaven." That surely is the goal which unites every Parish Priest from Fr Andrew backwards. I like, on this day, to imagine all of them, not only the priests but the tens or hundreds of thousands of parishioners who...