7th Sunday of Easter: John 24:46-53 When people see me, do they see Jesus? When people see me, do they want to know Jesus? When people see me, do they want to join our community, share our life, and take…
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6th Sunday of Easter: John 14:23-29 Jesus has, on several occasions, been preparing the disciples for his departure; he has not kept them in the dark about this fact (verse 28). But knowing he will be leaving them soon and…
5th Sunday of Easter: John 3:31-35 Jesus has a heavenly origin and is above all (3:31). John 3:31: “He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the…
4th Sunday of Easter: Jonn 10:27-30 Jesus is our protector and Shepherd who guards and guides, who feeds and protects us from the dangers of life and defends us from anyone who tries to take us away from him. We…
3rd Sunday of Easter: Jonn 21:1-19 Jesus is interested in our work and lives and knows what we need. We see this when Peter is encouraged to try again and with Jesus’s intervention, he is overcome with surprise. Not only…
Divine Mercy Sunday: Jonn 20:19-31 Thomas makes a grand statement of principle and intent but, faced with Jesus, seems not to need to follow through. “Church” for many people is a place of resolution and commitment; I pray that church…
Easter Sunday: Jonn 20:1-9 I keep in my prayer today all who are waiting, thinking of people who await decisions, refugees, prisoners, patients. I review my own capacity to wait, recognising what it costs me, humbly asking God for what…
Palm Sunday: Luke 19:28-40 Jesus chooses to make his entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey, which was the mount used by important people. The ease with which the owner of the donkey allows the animal to be taken seems to…
5th Sunday of Lent: John 8:1-11 Two streams converge: Jesus arrives from his place of prayer at the Mount of Olives and shares his insight and wisdom; the scribes and Pharisees come from judgement and are set on vengeance. Notice how…
Third Sunday of Lent: Luke 13:1-9 Einstein used to say: ‘God is mysterious but not malicious’. We don’t know enough to affirm that God never sends us suffering: but we know that if it comes our way it will always…
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