Christ & the coming storm: Mark 4:35-41 The crises of life have often been compared to stormy seas. They come upon us whether we like it or not. They terrify us. They knock us around and threaten to destroy all…

Christ and the Eucharist Mk 4:26-34 So much of what makes Mark a theologically compelling narrative resides in the confusion and mystery that propel the plot forward. Jesus generates amazement but also misunderstanding. Apparent insiders stumble along and abandon Jesus…

Christ and the Eucharist: Mk 14:12-26 While each celebration of the Eucharist is a memorial of Christ’s sacrifice, today, the Church draws attention to the connection between Christ’s sacrifice and the Eucharistic sacrifice. Every time we celebrate the Eucharist, we…

Go and make disciples: Mt 28:16-20 The kingdom of the earth could represent the material, secular parts of life; and the kingdom of heaven, the sacred, ethereal parts. But a true reading of Matthew is that both kingdoms include all…

Pentecost: Today We Receive the Holy Spirit The Doors Were Locked: What is it that makes a disciple of Christ stop cold in the path of conversion and commitment? Cloaked underneath our spiritual inertia and lack of zeal are not…

Feast of the Solemnity of the Ascension Jesus showed himself to the Eleven, “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; he who does not believe…

6th Sunday of Easter John 15:9-17 I read this story of a soldier in the first World War, who asked his commanding officer if he could go out into the “No Man’s Land” between the trenches to bring in one…

5th Sunday of Easter John 15:1-8 John 15:2. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. In today’s Gospel, Jesus uses the…

4th Sunday of Easter John 10:11-18 The good shepherd discourse, or at least the idea of Jesus as the good shepherd, is one of John’s especially memorable moments that tend to be remembered out of context. As our passage for…

3rd Sunday of Easter Luke 24:35-48 Today’s Gospel records another of the appearances of the Risen Lord on that first Easter Sunday. Again, we have disciples struggling to come to terms with the events of recent days. They have seen…