Today, in Chapter 10 of St Luke’s Gospel, we meet a smart Jewish lawyer who asks Jesus what He means when He says we should “love our neighbour”. The lawyer asks, “who is my neighbour”? In response to the question, Jesus tells him the sto... read more
Our Church is often over-enthusiastic in preaching the attractiveness of Jesus and the attractiveness of our Catholic faith. Nevertheless, Jesus and His Church are not attractive to everyone. Today’s Gospel story describes a situation where Jesus... read more
In St Mark’s Gospel story today we hear two powerful stories about healing. Two people are healed. One is a young girl, the daughter of a rich and influential religious leader. The other is an insignificant woman with no status at all in ... read more
Today we celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. We once called it the “Feast of Corpus Christi”. There was a priest, who was also a man of science, called Teihard de Chardin. He wrote many books in the 1950’s and was, by som... read more
When most of us were tiny children we were taught how to make the sign of the Cross. With our right hand we touch our forehead, our breast and our shoulders. As we do this we say “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spi... read more
The Easter season has ended and today the Christian Church throughout the world celebrates the Feast of Pentecost. The Greek word “Pentecost” is the name given to the Jewish “Feast of Weeks” which is always celebrated fifty days after the P... read more
This week-end the Easter Season draws to a close. We celebrated Christ’s death on Good Friday. On Easter Sunday we celebrated his Resurrection. For the last six weeks we have reflected upon implications of these amazing events for us in 2019. Thi... read more
We are drawing towards the conclusion of the Easter Season in 2019. Next Sunday we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord which brings our Easter journey to a close. It has been a season during which we have celebrated our belief in resurrection. This... read more