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A God who does not remain hidden
July 25, 2019
The 17th Sunday of the Year Gen 18:20-32; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 (Year C) “The Lord said, ‘How great an outcry there is against Sodom and Gomorrah! How grievous is their sin!’” The Genesis account of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their ultimate fate, has ensured that these cities have become synonymous with the darkest evils
It is in moments of worry that the Lord comes to us
July 18, 2019
“Abraham looked up, and there he saw three men standing before him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them. ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘I beg you, if I find favour with you, kindly do not pass your servant by.’” The account of Abraham’s encounter with
The Good Samaritan reveals the meaning of baptism
July 11, 2019
Fifteenth Sunday of the Year Deut 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 (Year C) “Christ Jesus is the image of the unseen God and the firstborn of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, everything visible and invisible.” These verses, cited in the Letter to the Colossians, have been
In Christ we find a tenderness beyond our imagining
July 04, 2019
Fourteenth Sunday of the Year Is 66:10-14; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12 & 17-20 (Year C) “Rejoice for Jerusalem. Rejoice for her, all you who mourned her. For thus says the Lord: like a son comforted by his mother will I comfort you, and by Jerusalem you will be comforted. At the sight your heart will
Peter and Paul couldn’t have been more different
June 27, 2019
Ss Peter and Paul 1 Kgs 19:16B, 19-21; Ps 16; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62 (Year C) The Preface for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul honours them as those who, in their different ways, gathered together the one family of Christ. Peter is specifically honoured for his confession of faith and his gathering
The Eucharist is both destination and sustenance
June 20, 2019
The Body and Blood of Christ Gen 14:18-20; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11-17 (Year C) “The Lord’s revelation to my Master: ‘Sit on my right, I will put your foes beneath your feet.’ The Lord has sworn an oath, he will not change. ‘You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.’”
Our true identity is revealed through the mystery of the Trinity
June 13, 2019
Trinity Sunday Prov 8:22-31; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15 (Year C) As creatures, we can never penetrate the mystery of the one God revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. At the same time, precisely because we are created in the image and likeness of this triune God, we are instinctively drawn into communion with the
What it means to live in the Spirit of the Risen Lord
June 06, 2019
Pentecost Sunday Acts 2: 1-11; 1 Cor 12:3-7 & 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 (Year C) “When Pentecost day came round, the Apostles had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of flame; these separated and came to
Our darkness can become Christ’s light
May 30, 2019
The stoning of Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, reminds us that the Cross is not simply the precursor of the Resurrection. The Cross is, and becomes in every generation, the revelation of Christ’s risen life. Stephen glimpsed this at the very moment of his death. “Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and
Salvation is a gift, not an achievement
May 23, 2019
Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1-2 & 22-29; Rev 21:10-14 & 22-23; Jn 14:23-29 (Year C) “Some men came from Judaea and taught the brothers: ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement.” Unanimity has never been a distinguishing characteristic of the human condition. It
Like the early Christians, we know both joy and suffering
May 16, 2019
Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 14:21-27; Rev 21:1-5; Jn 13:31-35 (Year C) “Paul and Barnabas, on their arrival at Antioch, assembled the Church and gave an account of all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the pagans.” These words come at the conclusion of the
Christ is our Shepherd. He cares about each one of us
May 09, 2019
Our limited imaginations will always struggle to grasp the all-embracing nature of Christ’s Resurrection. Life’s inevitable wounds and our failings leave us with a longing for comfortable boundaries. On the basis of such unconscious boundaries we determine who is acceptable and who is not, who is to be welcomed and who avoided. In Christ, the
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