Father Coleridge Reader

Don’t seek signs and wonders: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost presents a salutary lesson for our day – the need to avoid signs and wonders, and focus on faith in God.

Oct 11 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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Are YOU wearing the Wedding Garment? Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost presents one of the most terrifying parables of all – but have you caught all the layers of meaning here?

Oct 4 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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September 2026

‘Vacant Sunday’ and the Priesthood – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost is closely linked to the Ember Days – and the ordination to the priesthood that traditionally took place on Ember…

Sep 27 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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What do you think of Christ? – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Our Lord states which is the greatest commandment, and silences his opponents with a question.

Sep 20 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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Humility is in your best interest – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The man with dropsy may have represented pride, but the unsightly swelling must have also been most humiliating – and Our Lord takes this miracle as an…

Sep 13 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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That’s YOU on the funeral bier – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Our Lord’s raising of the widow’s son at Naim has personal significance for every one of us. PLUS: a curious excursion into Freemasonry, and what it…

Sep 5 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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August 2026

Why being God’s ‘slaves’ entitles us to all we need – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Sermon on the Mount teaches about a beautiful reliance on Providence – but what is the basis of this reliance?

Aug 30 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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The Healing of the Ten Lepers – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Only one the the ten returned to thank Our Lord – and he was a ‘foreigner’, not of the Chosen People. What are we to learn from this?

Aug 25 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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The Good Samaritan – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Fr Henry James Coleridge reveals that certain presuppositions that colour our understanding of the Good Samaritan parable, and warns us not to let our…

Aug 16 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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'Ephpheta: Be opened' – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

A crucial event in the life of every Christian baptised in the traditional rite – the 'Ephpheta' – and when Our Lord first set these words.

Aug 9 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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'Not as the rest of men' – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee is of perennial importance for all Catholics.

Aug 2 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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July 2026

The Final Warning for Jerusalem – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

On entering Jerusalem, Christ lamented that the Holy City would reject him – to its own destruction.

Jul 25 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ

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