7th Sunday – Why stand here looking to the sky?

23 May 202013 May 2021

L'Ascension by Gustave Doré Acts 1:1-11 We are living in a particular period of time. By that, I don’t mean the Corona virus. The time between Ascension on Thursday and…

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…

2nd Sunday – Incredulous Mercy

15 Apr 20211 May 2021

Q: What do you get when you cross a fish with an elephant? A: Swimming trunks. Q: What do you get when you cross a dinosaur with a pig? A:…

Low Sunday – Touched by the Wounds

10 Apr 20211 May 2021

We come to the first Sunday after Easter or Low Sunday. Low Sunday does not mean one is ‘low’ after the ‘high’ of Easter! It is rather the octave day…

Easter Vigil – Christ our Rock

5 Apr 2021

I’ve been enjoying this glorious sun this past couple of days. It’s a dramatic ray of hope in the middle of winter! Sometimes you need a few months of darkness…

Easter Sunday – The Stone that was Rolled Away

4 Apr 202118 Apr 2021

Resurrection of Christ, Nicholas Bertin Mark 16:1-8 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes..." Rom 1:16…

Good Friday – The Silence of Heaven

2 Apr 202115 Apr 2021

Any musician will tell you that the rests, the pauses in music are as important in a piece as the notes themselves. Today is a rare time, maybe the only…

Palm Sunday – The Extravagance of Love

28 Mar 202110 Apr 2021

Mosaic from the Cappella della “Casa incontri cristiani” a Capiago Mark 14:1-15:47 As we begin Holy Week, I just want to reflect on just one incident within the shocking drama that…

5th Sunday – The Prayer of the Heart

21 Mar 20214 Apr 2021

An icon of the Desert Fathers Jer 31:31-34 This Word we have received today from Jeremiah, could well claim to be summary of all of the Hebrew Scriptures. Here you…

4th Sunday – Maria Goretti and the Gaze from the Cross

13 Mar 20212 Apr 2021

Crucifix d’Arezzo by Giacobbe Giusti John 3:14-21 On the 24th June, 1950, less than fifty years after her death, Pope Pius XII canonised a new saint, Maria Goretti. The canonisation…

3rd Sunday -The Ten Words of Life

6 Mar 202128 Mar 2021

Philippe de Champaigne, Moses with the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 We are presented today with the Decalogue, or the Ten Commandments. This is one of those things with which we…

2nd Sunday – Overwhelmed by Light

27 Feb 202121 Mar 2021

Mark 9:2-10 The Transfiguration is one of the scenes which you can return to, over and over again and find a source of deep nourishment. It comes to us in…

1st Sunday – Overcoming the Passions

21 Feb 202113 Mar 2021

Maerten de Vos, The Temptation of Saint Anthony Mark 1:12-15 As Lent begins, the gospel focuses on Jesus’ testing in the wilderness. Mark does not give us the content of…

6th Sunday – The Purification of the Lepros

13 Feb 20216 Mar 2021

Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46, Mark 1:40-45 We are offered a significant miracle of healing in Mark’s gospel, that of a lepros. The account is very vivid.  What is translated as leprosy is…

5th Sunday – The Gift (and curse) of Work

6 Feb 202127 Feb 2021

Joseph the Carpenter, Georges de La Tour Job 7:1-7, Mark 1:29-39 We have a word that seems very relevant for the time we are living through in this pandemic. Job…

4th Sunday – The Voice of Authority

31 Jan 202121 Feb 2021

Jesus casting out demons, unknown artist. Mark 1:21-28 Mark gives us a snapshot of the first day of Jesus’ ministry. We’ve heard only a part of it. Jesus enters the…