Cathedral News

The Ascension of the Lord forms the hinge between the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.The Gospel recounts the life of Jesus on earth, while the Acts is an account of the early church.

We are delighted to welcome Sandnessund Blandakor, from the far north of Norway, to sing at the 6:00pm mass on Thursday 21 May 2026.

Jesus knew that his life on earth was over.

There are so many voices clamouring to influence and lead these days; but often they only lead back to themselves. There is only one way and that is Jesus Christ.

The image of the Lord as shepherd occurs in the Old Testament as well as the New. Psalm 23 describes the care of the shepherd for his sheep.

Luke was probably a Greek gentile and, as he says himself, he would not have known Jesus in his lifetime (Luke 1:2).

Feast day: 3 April

We should be very grateful to St Thomas, as John shows us in his gospel how the disciple demanded physical proof that Jesus had risen from the dead. He was invited by the Lord to touch his wounds.

With all the accounts in the news of the callous disregard for human life that is happening in today’s world, the  story of Resurrection of Jesus brings great comfort.

Details of arrangements for the week following Easter.