25th Sunday – Blessed are the Peacemakers

19 Sep 202128 Sep 2021

Jas 3:16-4:3 One of the most beautiful Christian words is “Peacemaker.” Blessed are the peacemakers, says Jesus, and St James talks about being a peacemaker in today’s second reading. How…

23rd Sunday – Ephatha!

4 Sep 202126 Sep 2021

The Prophet Isaiah, IBenedetto Gennari il Giovane Isa 35:4-7, Mark 7:31-37 Isaiah is the Shakespeare of Scripture. Most of Isaiah is poetry. It is beautiful in its composition, set almost…

22nd Sunday – The Eternal Law

28 Aug 202118 Sep 2021

A Rabbi carrying the Law, Simeon Solomn Deut 4:1-8, Mark 7:1-23 There’s a lot about Law in today’s readings, something quite topical. We’ve been subjected to new laws everyday over…

21st Sunday – Keys to the Eucharist: Flesh and Spirit

22 Aug 202111 Sep 2021

'Joshua commanding the sun to stay still', John Martin Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18, Eph 5:21-32, John 6:60-69 ‘Choose today whom you wish to serve!’ Israel has just entered the promised land,…

19th Sunday – Keys to the Eucharist: Transformation

7 Aug 20214 Sep 2021

1 Kings 19:4-8, John 6:41-51 We meet Elijah today, the greatest of the Hebrew prophets. We meet him at his weakest moment in the Scriptures. Exhausted and broken, he wants…

18th Sunday – Keys to the Eucharist:Trust

1 Aug 202128 Aug 2021

Gathering of the Manna, Rijksmuseum Exodus 16:2-4,12-15, John 6:24-35 We started last week by examining why the Eucharist is not more fruitful in our lives. And I believe there is…

17th Sunday – Keys to The Eucharist: Poverty

24 Jul 202122 Aug 2021

John 6:1-14 We have today, the beginning of the Eucharistic discourse in John. We’ll be hearing it for the next four weeks. It’s a good time to meditate on this…

16th Sunday – Finding Rest

17 Jul 20217 Aug 2021

Jer 23:1-6, Mark 6:30-34 We have a very seasonal Word from our gospel today. The disciples are back after their very first experience of mission. They are exhausted but buzzing,…

15th Sunday – The Prophet’s Burden

10 Jul 20211 Aug 2021

Amos 7:12-15 It is great to continue on this theme of prophecy this week, as we hear from Amos. It is a short book, very poetic, a work of great…

14th Sunday – The Prophet’s Stand

3 Jul 20213 Sep 2021

Ezek 2:2-5, Mark 6:1-6 We hear today, the calling of Ezekiel, as a prophet. He is already warned that his mission is going to be anything but easy. And Jesus,…

13th Sunday – Faith Beyond Offence

27 Jun 20213 Sep 2021

The healing of a bleeding woman, Rome, Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter Mark 5:21-43 "Take away the possibility of offense...and then Christianity is done away with, for it has become…

12th Sunday – How (not) to pray in a storm

19 Jun 202110 Jul 2021

Rembrandt, Christ in the Storm Job 38:1,8-11, Mark 4: 35-41 We have today one of the most climactic scenes of Mark’s gospel, Jesus calming the storm. Mark has clearly recorded…

The Sacred Heart – Mankind’s Refuge

12 Jun 20213 Jul 2021

Given that the June is dedicated to the veneration of the Sacred Heart, I thought of using this Sunday to reflect on this beautiful and important devotion. May 31, 1985,…

Corpus Christi – The Hinge of Salvation

6 Jun 202127 Jun 2021

Mass of St Gregory, unknown artist. ‘The flesh [of Christ] is the hinge of salvation’ - Tertullian, On the Resurrection Corpus Christi. The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.…

The Holy Trinity – Mystery at the heart of the World

30 May 202119 Jun 2021

Romans 8:14-17 The solemnity of the Holy Trinity. It took the church four centuries to formulate its doctrine on the Trinity. Just in case, this is the one session you…

Pentecost – (How to be) Renewed by the Spirit

23 May 202112 Jun 2021

Pentecost, El Greco Gal 5:16-25 We come to the close of the Easter Season. But Pentecost is not really the close, even the grand finale of the Easter Season –…

7th Sunday – “Consecrated in Truth”

16 May 20216 Jun 2021

Marten de Vos, The Last Supper John 17:11-19 As we come to the close of the Easter season, we culminate with what is called the high-priestly prayer of Jesus. It…

6th Sunday – “I Have Called You Friends”

9 May 202130 May 2021

John 15:9-17 If someone asked you the essence of your faith, what would you say? The Trinity?  Jesus? Salvation – how we sinned, and he came to save us? Would…

5th Sunday – Abiding in the Vine

1 May 202123 May 2021

John 15:1-8 The gospel of John opens with the disciples asking Jesus: ‘Rabbi, where do you abide?’ The rest of the gospel, in a way, would be an answer to…

St Joseph the Worker

1 May 20219 May 2021

Why this feast of Joseph the Worker? And why St Joseph? The clue lies in the day on which we celebrate this feast and is rooted in the tumultuous history of the…