Dear parishioners and dear friends

Our Lord's contemporaries knew He was special. Some saw Him as a threat to their privileges, some as a nationalistic firebrand who would free them from their Roman and Herodian exploiters, some as a spiritual Messiah..

We, like them, have our expectations, want to control our own lives, have our own way.

Today's Readings make us think about how the Saviour fulfils our expectations, but in HIS not our way. Thus He spoke with authority, cast out unclean spirits but trod the path to Calvary.

If we're going through a 'bit of a Calvary', so to speak, we pray to hold on to Him, because He is special and we can learn from Him, how to cope and how to grow.

May God bless your.

Richard Harvey

P.S: This newsletter covers the weekends of 5th and 12th February as well. Next Newsletter will be printed for the weekend 19th February.

We have just launched a Malawi Projects Fund Raising initiative to continue to support Fr. Boniface's work and people in Malawi throughout the year. This takes the form of a sale page on our website where one can offer any item for sale. The only proviso is that one donates a minimum of 15% of the proceeds to Fr. Boniface's Malawi projects.