“Zacchaeus made his appearance: he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man […] but he was [..] short.” This was a concise introduction of today’s gospel’s main character. A bit further down the line, St Luke indicated how Zacchaeus had been seen by his local community, when “they all complained [about Jesus] that He had gone…

You might remember that in my sermon two weeks ago I told you the story of how I had tried to move the eucalyptus tree to improve visibility at St Joseph’s car park in darkness. This was in reference to Jesus’ schooling on faith and replanting mulberry trees. You might also remember that my attempt at moving the eucalyptus tree…

The NHS is pretty much constantly in the news these days. Having been tested to its limits and beyond during the pandemic, it now looks like being on the verge of collapse. This is illustrated by the fact that the Royal College of Nursing is balloting all of its UK members for strike action for the first time in its…

The car park at St Joseph’s used to be quite a dark place at night. To make it better lit, a company was asked to survey the location, propose a solution, and give us a quotation. The latter almost made me faint on receipt. The proposal to put some lights around the car park would be staggeringly costly. Then, one…

At the end of April this year a group of prominent German intellectuals published a public letter urging the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to refrain from directly or indirectly contributing heavy weapons systems to Ukraine in its defence against the Russian invasion. A German governmental minister scathingly summarised the letter: “It’s basically that a little bit of occupation, rape and…