Cathedral News

Esker Festival Orchestra gives a concert in the Cathedral on Friday 19 August at 8:00pm. The centrepiece of the concert is Mahler's Symphony no.

As part of the process of the Universal Synod 2021-2023, a document has been published which synthesises the feedback from consultations at parish and diocesan level across the country.

St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, is remembered on 8 August.

Fire was often used as a symbol of God’s presence in the Old Testament. Moses saw a bush burning without being consumed, and had his first encounter with God (Exodus 3).

Life in the west is very different to that of Jesus’s time. Only very rich people have servants.

Greed and its futility seem to be the theme of today’s liturgy.

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was seen by the Old Testament writer as a punishment for grave sin. Recent archeological discoveries have pin-pointed the probable location of these cities.

Many people, especially feminists, might feel that Jesus was being very unfair to Martha, who was heroically trying single-handedly to provide him with the best possible hospitality.

The lawyer who questioned Jesus about how to obtain eternal life would have been versed in Mosaic law.

St Anne, mother of Our Lady and grandmother of Jesus, is remembered - together with St Joachim, her husband - on 26 July.