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…

2nd Sunday of Lent: Luke 9:28-36 ‘This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.’ Jesus was confirmed in his identity and his mission on the mountain, the place of the encounter with God. This took place in the…

First Sunday of Lent: Luke 4:1-13 ‘Know yourself!’ is an ancient piece of Greek wisdom. Do I know myself and my temptations? Am I a perfectionist, or lazy? Do I desire to get noticed and praised? Am I hoarding the…

The 8th Sunday: Luke 6:39-45 God sees the heart and always will. We may put on a great show of words and actions, but it is what is at the root of these that is so visible to God. Focusing…

The 7th Sunday: Luke 6:27-38 The words of Jesus today are particularly challenging and difficult for us. Although we may be very familiar with these phrases, trying to live them, may feel impossible for most of us, most of the…