Dean Atkins

Sunday 11 April 2021

Infectious Joy Read Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; putContinue reading “Sunday 11 April 2021”

Saturday 3 April 2021

Tears at the tomb Read After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus – though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews – asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission, so they came and took it away. Nicodemus came as well – the same one whoContinue reading “Saturday 3 April 2021”

Day 39: Memories

Thanks to Fr Martin Williams for his final guest post on the Holy Eucharist, this time exploring the theme of Memory Loss of memory and severe dementia are always tragic, deeply painful, not only to the person concerned, who may lose both their bearings and the very sense of their own identity, but also toContinue reading “Day 39: Memories”

Friday 2 April 2021

King of Love Read Like a sapling he grew up in front of us, like a root in arid ground. Without beauty, without majesty we saw him, no looks to attract our eyes; a thing despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering, a man to make people screen theirContinue reading “Friday 2 April 2021”

Thursday 1 April 2021

Love Divine Read He got up from table, removed his outer garment and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist; he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ‘Lord,Continue reading “Thursday 1 April 2021”

Day 38: Remembrance

Thanks to Fr Martin Williams for his fifth guest post exploring the theme of remembrance Fr Graham Francis used to say that the vocation of a priest and his principal work is to say Mass for the living and the dead. That is not all he does, of course, and we don’t accept the ideaContinue reading “Day 38: Remembrance”

Wednesday 31 March 2021

What’s our worth? Read One of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you?’ They paid him thirty silver pieces, and from that moment he looked for an opportunity to betray him. From MATTHEW 26:14-25Continue reading “Wednesday 31 March 2021”

Day 37: Enter the mystery

Thanks to Fr Martin Williams for another guest post today who explores what we mean by the sacrifice of the Mass During the pandemic we have all needed to make sacrifices, that is, to put it crudely, to do some things we find tiresome or disagreeable and to abstain from things we habitually enjoy doingContinue reading “Day 37: Enter the mystery”

Day 36: Give it up

Thanks to Fr Martin Williams for his fourth article on the mystery of the Mass During the pandemic we have all needed to make sacrifices, that is, to put it crudely, to do some things we find tiresome or disagreeable and to abstain from things we habitually enjoy doing or feel we need to do.Continue reading “Day 36: Give it up”

Tuesday 30 March 2021

Uncertain times Read While at supper with his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.’ The disciples looked at one another, wondering which he meant. The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus; Simon Peter signed to him and said, ‘Ask whoContinue reading “Tuesday 30 March 2021”