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…

The 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 6:17, 20-26 “The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.” -Saint John Chrysostom From Bishop Robert Barron:…

The 5th Sunday: Luke 5:1-11 It’s a very homely scene to picture Jesus sitting in the boat and talking to the people. They must have been very taken by his words and message, and felt at ease listening to him.…

The 4th Sunday: Luke 4:21-30 Hearing Jesus’ words about the poor reception of prophets by their own people, the people were worked up into a blind rage and hatred. They wanted to push Jesus off the cliff on which their…

The 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 1:1-4 4:14-21 Jesus stood up to read from the prophet Isaiah. It was a passage about the coming Messiah. Here he is announcing himself as the Messiah as he applies the words to…