Cathedral News

We might wonder where God is, what with the carnage in the middle east, the cyber attacks and the epidemic which has decimated our world.

Only Luke gives a detailed account of the ascension and this account is in Acts. His gospel relates the life, death and resurrection of Jesus; Acts tells the story of the early church.

The conversion of Cornelius, the centurion, marked a turning-point in the history of the early church.

The conversion of Cornelius, the centurion, marked  a turning point in the history of the early church.

The Rosary is prayed in the Cathedral at 7:30pm each evening during the month of May.

Jesus often used  scenes from the countryside for his parables. The vine would be a familiar sight in Palestine.

Today’s reading follows the story of the blind man cured by Jesus (John 9). Ironically, he could see much more clearly than the Jewish leaders who were spiritually blind.

Feast day: 21 April

“We proclaim a  Christ crucified, a stumbling block for Jews and foolishness to gentiles.” (1 Cor 1:23)

Thomas would have made an excellent witness in court. He wanted tangible evidence that Jesus had risen. He was a practical man.