St Patricks Church Grangetown Cardiff

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St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Grangetown, Cardiff, is part of the Cardiff Deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.

This Church opened on St Patrick's Day March 17th 1930.

St Patricks RC Primary School is in Lucknow Street, Grangetown

It has close links with the Church.

The school website. http://www.stpatricks-primary.co.uk/

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All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus is telling His disciples that if they know him, they also know his Father. Jesus then tells them that when they see Him, they also see his Father!
Philip then speaks up and asks Jesus to “show” them his Father. Then they will believe in what Jesus is saying! Jesus is deeply disappointed that Philip cannot or will not trust his word. Philip wanted proof. He needed to “see” the Father himself. Then and only then would he believe!
Jesus must have been deeply disappointed in Philip and his need for proof. Philip had been with him for a long time but clearly he still did not completely believe or trust Jesus. He wanted to see the proof for himself. After all their time together, did Philip and the other disciples still not understand who he was? What would it take to for them to believe and understand?
How often do we ask Jesus for proof? At times, we also want Jesus to send us a sign that clearly He is with us! Then we will “know.” Faith and trust are difficult in our human relationships and perhaps even more so in our relationship with God! At least, with human beings we can see, hear and talk with them. We see their facial expressions and their body language. These alone communicate volumes of information to us.
Belief and trust in Jesus is challenging, especially during difficult and trying times. At these times, we want and need to have a tangible sense that Jesus is with us. Every once in awhile, we are given a sign of some sort! However, most times we simply have to trust that Jesus is with us. This is not easy. However, when we are able to trust that Jesus is present, then we do have more strength and hope. These gifts of trust, hope and strength enable us to open our minds and hearts to “seeing” Jesus!
Today may we ask Jesus to grace us with these gifts. Most of all, may we trust Jesus to gift us with all we need. Jesus is present with us every moment of every day, always strengthening and gracing us! However, we need to be awake and alert to His presence! Otherwise, we will miss Him!