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Reflections for Corpus Christi
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 6/4/2021
On a day when we commemorate the institution of the New Covenant in Jesus’ Death and Resurrection, symbolised in the gift of the Eucharist
Reflections for Trinity Sunday
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 5/28/2021
“Deuteronomy” literally means “Second Law”. It is the final book of the Torah (Jewish Law) and re-presents the core of that law to people around the time of the Exile in Babylon and on their return to Jerusalem...
Reflections for the 7th Sunday of Easter
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 5/15/2021
As you can see from the reference to today’s reading we have returned to the opening chapter of the book of Acts...
Reflections for the 6th Sunday of Easter
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 5/8/2021
Although there are now only two more weeks left of the Easter Season we are still, on Sundays at least, in the earlier stages of the development of the Early Community...
Reflections for the 5th Sunday of Easter
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 5/1/2021
The Acts of the Apostles covers about 30 years of the story of the early Christian Community after the Ascension...
He is risen. Alleluia!
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/24/2021
The transformation from a cowered group, hiding in the Upper Room behind locked doors...
Conversion and renewal
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 3/18/2021
This is one of the most easily remembered references to a quotation from the Old Testament..
Conversion and renewal
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 3/13/2021
History is always being rewritten by different generations...
Conversion and renewal
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 3/5/2021
These Commandments, or literally, “Ten Words”, are unlike any of the other compilations of Mosaic Law in the Pentateuch...
Conversion and renewal
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 2/28/2021
Fr Nicholas King calls this story “the most chilling in the whole Bible”, and with good reason...
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 2/20/2021
“Repent, and believe the Good News.” This is precisely what we are about...
Easter Morning Mass – Mary of Magdala and the Two
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/11/2020
All four Gospels agree that Mary Magdalene was the first to witness the Empty Tomb...
Holy Saturday – a Day in the Silence of the Tomb
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/10/2020
Traditionally Holy Saturday is a say of quiet, at rest with Jesus in the Tomb...
The Easter Vigil
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/10/2020
Having prepared and lit the Paschal Candle and announced that Jesus is risen...
Good Friday – the Liturgy of the Passion
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/9/2020
Jesus is referred to as “the supreme high priest” in the Second Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews. He is described as one “who shares our weaknesses…
Maundy Thursday – the Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/8/2020
Love is the theme that links our three Readings this evening: God’s love for the People of Israel in setting them free from slavery...
Wednesday of Holy Week – Is. 50:4-9
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/7/2020
Today we return to the third Servant Song that we heard at Mass on Sunday. We are reminded of the need to listen to God’s word and to offer hope to “the wearied” ...
Tuesday of Holy Week – Is. 49:1-6
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/6/2020
In this second ‘Song’ the Servant is speaking for himself. He recalls his mission and the fact that God keeps offering words of encouragement...
Monday of Holy Week – Is. 42:1-7
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/5/2020
In this first ‘Servant Song’ it is God who speaks. We are told that God delights in the servant who is endowed with God’s Spirit...
Reflections for Palm Sunday
Fr Sean Hall, Hexham and Newcastle diocese, 4/2/2020
Naturally, our Gospel Readings throughout this week centre on the events leading up to, and including, Jesus’ death on the Cross...

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