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How to move beyond shame and act boldly like St Paul
April 28, 2024
St Paul “preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus” according to St Barnabas in today’s first reading (Acts 9:27). But how could St Paul have changed instantly from feeling shame for persecuting the Church to boldness in his preaching? Was there no lingering guilt to dampen his spirit? In the second reading (based
‘I am the Good Shepherd’: Unraveling Jesus’s use of metaphorical names
April 21, 2024
“Of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved.” (Acts 4:12) In Sunday’s first reading, St Peter extols the miraculous power of the name of Jesus, but in the Gospel, Jesus gives himself a metaphorical name: “I am the Good Shepherd” (John 10:11). 
Escaping the darkness by accepting ‘the beauty of the light’
April 14, 2024
“Their joy was so great that they still could not believe it” (Luke 24:41) In Sunday’s Gospel, the Risen Jesus’s disciples do not believe in him for a strange reason: their joy is too great!  It seems odd, but sometimes we can lack faith for this reason: we think it is all too good to
How doubting Thomas can inspire those of us who endure a ‘traumatised faith’
April 08, 2024
“Unless I see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.” (John 20:25) Our lectionary’s translation of this verse from the Gospel of the second Sunday of Easter removes an
Was the angel in the tomb the same ‘young man’ who ran away naked during Jesus’s arrest?
March 31, 2024
“On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right-hand side, and they were struck with amazement.” (Mark 16:5) Why does St Mark, alone among the evangelists, describe the angel in the tomb as a “young man in a white robe”? The only other time he refers to
Why did Jesus refuse traditional painkiller before ‘horrific’ crucifixion?
March 25, 2024
“They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it.” (Mark 15:23) St Mark records this detail of Jesus refusing wine mixed with myrrh before his crucifixion. This drink was a rudimentary painkiller and so the fact it was offered to Jesus implies an act of mercy to one about to undergo horrific pain.
Like Jesus in today’s Gospel, can we turn ‘our cross’ into love that is fruitful for others?
March 17, 2024
“When I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all men to myself.” (John 12:32) In today’s Gospel, Jesus expresses his desire to save everyone by turning suffering into glory. It begins when some Greeks want to see Jesus and they approach one of his apostles who has a Greek name, Philip, who
Like Moses and the bronze serpent, we must take heed of the cross and contemplate what kills us: sin
March 11, 2024
“The Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” (John 3:14-15) In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus’ words to Nicodemus would have brought to his mind a scene from the book of Numbers: the Israelites are dying of snake
Jesus’s wrath in the Temple: Why does Our Lord get angry and how does He get away with it?
February 29, 2024
“Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market.’” (John 2:15-16) In this coming Sunday’s Gospel, we have one
The Transfiguration of Jesus calls us to be obedient like Abraham
February 25, 2024
“Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain” (Mark 9:2). Sunday’s Gospel of Jesus’s Transfiguration is paired with the narrative of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac in the first reading, prompting the question: What is the link? Jesus says to His disciples: “If any man would
Understanding Jesus’s presence with ‘wild beasts’ in today’s Gospel
February 18, 2024
“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.” (Mark 1:12-13) In the Gospel for the first Sunday of Lent, why does St Mark mention that Jesus “was with the wild beasts”? It
The mystery of Jesus’s ‘stern’ moment with the leper (and with us)
February 08, 2024
“Jesus immediately sent him away and sternly ordered him, ‘Mind you say nothing to anyone'” (Mark 1:43-44). Our lectionary translation for part of this forthcoming Sunday’s Gospel uses the word “sternly” for how Jesus speaks to the leper he has just healed. But does this translation really work? On one hand, Jesus has reason to
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