Cathedral News

St John’s gospel is remarkable in many ways but especially for highlighting Jesus’s dialogue with women, sometimes exploring deep theological concepts. The longest is with the woman at the well.

Jesus took the three disciples up a high mountain. Mountains were  seen as places where one could come nearer to God.

The picture opposite shows the kind of desert where Jesus spent forty days. It is a stark, barren region showing little sign of life. Forty is a biblical number meaning a long period of time.

Fourth-century St Julian the Hospitaller is remembered on 12 February.

Applications are invited for the Ministry of Catechist and the Permanent Diaconate.

Today’s reading forms part of the Sermon on the Mount, which is a collection of Jesus’ teachings put together by Matthew.

In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present carries a torch, which distributes a flavour that enhances the food of the poor and provides good humour to those who

Very little is known about Brigid. About the earliest biography is the Vita Sanctae Brigitae, which was written in about 650 by Cogitosus, a monk of Kildare.

Saint Ita, sixth-century abbess of Killeedy, is remembered on 15 January.

John the Baptist’s mission was now over. He had done exactly what he was called to do and soon he would die a martyr’s death.