Notes from Fr. Claro
12th Ordinary Sunday
21st June 2026
YOUTUBE LINK for the Bible Study and Commentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21IhrB8UMh8
The dominant command in this section of the Gospel is repeated three times: “Do not be afraid” or more literally, “Stop fearing.” The sense is not simply, “Never become afraid,” but rather, “Do not continue in fear”; “Do not let fear govern you.” That same verb is used repeatedly throughout the New Testament whenever God or Christ addresses those who are afraid in the face of divine revelation or mission.
21st June Sunday, Filipino Day & Refugee Sunday with Guest of Gen Z, Ooberfuse Music Hal St John & Cherrie Anderson sharing their ministry on Evangelisation through Electric Music see Cardinal Vincent Nichols with the Ooberfuseband.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkY4E2HAy0I
22nd June Monday 11am Funeral of Jacquiline Eastwood at Blessed Faringdon Church
24 June Wednesday 6pm Mass Solemnity of St. John the Baptist
28 June Sunday Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul
TRAINING HOW TO USE THE SUNDAY MISSAL and how to be a good Reader at 9.30 Sunday, contact Dr. David Williamson of the Choir.
MONDAY BIBLE ZOOM time 7pm
The Las Casas Institute for Social Justice is a vibrant centre for research, dialogue, and policymaking on the common good of humanity and nature in the world today, which welcomes discussion with all people of goodwill.
Our work is rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and the example of Bartolomé de Las Casas who argued for the humanity and rights of all peoples in the Americas in the sixteenth century, and is one of the early pioneers of universal human rights.
https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/research/las-casas-institute-for-social-justice/
Books to Read
Magnifica humanitas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGw08VWCps
The cardinal shared 10 points on social media to foster a deeper understanding of the Holy Fatherʼs central message in the document:
- The human person lies at the centre of all technological progress.
- The great challenge of our time is not technical but human and spiritual.
- Artificial intelligence must be placed at the service of the common good.
- Human dignity does not depend on productivity or capabilities.
- Fragility is not a defect that must be eliminated.
- No artificial intelligence can replace human experience.
- Truth is a common good that must be protected.
- Human work cannot be subjected to the logic of machines.
- Freedom is threatened by new, invisible forms of control.
- Peace and the civilization of love constitute the true alternative to technological power
Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs (Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian, 3 June 2026)
‘He is still a mere mortal, he is not perfect, but he is proving to be a much-needed force for good.’ Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters