Cathedral News

St Rose of Lima was the first person from the Americas to be canonised. She is remembered on 23 August.

Elijah was one of the most important prophets for the Jews and it was he that appeared with Moses at the Transfiguration of Our Lord.

We do  not know what the manna that sustained the Israelites in the desert really was. It could have been produced by some sort of insect or might have been a type of lichen.

St John, the dramatist, presents the teaching on the Eucharist in three main scenes. The first is the feeding of the five thousand.

The disciples were excited after their experience of preaching,healing and casting out demons. They naturally wanted to tell Jesus all about their experience.

Born in the 10th century, Saint Henry was King of Germany. He is remembered on 13 July.

Amos was the first Jewish prophet to have a book of the bible called after him. He lived in the eighth century BC and his writing is admired for its purity of language.

People generally see what they want to see. God chose to become human in every way except for sin. He also decided to be reared in a village that was considered a bit of a backwater. “Nazareth!

Sometimes people faced with pain or tragedy think that their suffering is somehow God’s will. Both the first reading and the gospel contradict this attitude.

We are reminded in today’s liturgy of the power of God, in the reading from the Book of Job, which is the story of a good man who has endured numerous tragedies and who wonders where God is when he