7th Sunday – The Challenge of Stephen

29 May 202218 Jun 2022

Acts 7:5-60 We read a lot from the Book of Acts over the Easter period. It is a treasure trove for those interested in just how a small, marginal movement…

Ascension – Where he went, Whom he sent, Why it matters

26 May 202212 Jun 2022

Acts 1:1-11 As we celebrate the solemnity of the Ascension, I wanted to touch on just three things to explore something of this most mysterious feast. Of all the feasts…

6th Sunday of Easter – At Home with the Trinity

22 May 20224 Jun 2022

John 14:23-29 We are nearing the time of the Ascension of Jesus to the Father. The gospel once again goes to the time of the Last Supper. Here, Jesus opens…

5th Sunday – The Vision of the Blessed

14 May 202229 May 2022

Apocalypse 21:1-5 I started last week on the theme of eternal life, from the gospel of John. I would like to continue that this week with the beautiful vision presented…

4th Sunday – The Life of Eternity

8 May 202226 May 2022

John 10:27-30 The Good Shepherd gives his sheep eternal life. But what is eternal life? I do not know what your vision of heaven is like. Is it a bunch…

3rd Sunday – Love Beyond Comparison

1 May 20222 May 2022

Appearance at Tiberias, Duccio John 21:1-19 We come to the third resurrection appearance, rightly, on the 3rd Sunday of Easter. The disciples are now in Galilee, up north, not in Jerusalem,…

2nd Sunday – Touched to Believe

23 Apr 202214 May 2022

The incredulity of St Thomas, Caravaggio John 20: 19-31 The eighth day. This is the octave day of Easter. The Church believes that the Octave day is where the fullness…

Easter Vigil – On Grace and the Visitation to Mary

17 Apr 20228 May 2022

Christ Appearing to The Virgin, Rogier van der Weyden The opening prayer for Palm Sunday, at the start of Holy Week, begins with ‘Dear brothers and sisters, since the beginning of Lent…

Pascha -War, the Mandatum and the Prayer of the Son of God

15 Apr 20221 May 2022

Maundy Thursday inaugurates Easter: Lent is now over, Easter has begun. Easter, or Pascha is a three-day feast, from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday to the Easter Vigil (none of which are…

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…

3rd Sunday – Kerygma, Kingdom, Apokatastasis

18 Apr 202116 May 2021

Acts 3:1-26 A lapsed Catholic, a disillusioned Evangelical and an atheist walk into a Church…they hear the proclamation of the Word and they all come to faith! I know, that’s…

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:…

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…

Pentecost – The Spirit and the Dragon

30 May 202014 Jun 2020

Acts 2:1-11 Pentecost by El Greco Hong Kong has been a lot in the news lately. In more peaceful times, a visit to the beautiful Kowloon Walled City Park would…

7th Week (Monday) -Did you Receive the Spirit?

25 May 202013 Jun 2020

Acts 19:1-8 Today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles is quite amusing: it talks about some of the shaky first steps of the growing Church. There’s a group…

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

23 May 202023 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…

6th Sunday – The Spirit of Truth

17 May 202014 May 2021

John 14:15-21 Last Thursday, we celebrated the Feast of St Matthias, the apostle chosen by lot to replace Judas. There is very little about Matthias in the Scriptures and even…

The Colourful Trinity – 6th Sun. Easter (A)

17 May 202023 May 2020

At the last supper Jesus said to his disciples, ‘In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see me because I live and you…

5th Sunday – Dwelling Places

10 May 202030 May 2020

John 14:1-6 “Rabbi, where do you dwell?” is the very first question the disciples ask Jesus in the gospel of John. As the gospel comes to a close, with the…

4th Sunday – The Good Shepherd

2 May 20201 May 2021

The Good Shepherd is one of the most beautiful images of Jesus in the Gospels. It is an image which has brought consolation to people across the ages. It is…

3rd Sunday – The Hermeneutic of Christ

26 Apr 202016 May 2020

Luke 24:13-35 The third Sunday of Easter, we are presented with this beautiful narrative of the walk to Emmaus. Luke’s gospel is a literary work of art and the walk…

2nd Sunday – Healed by His Wounds

19 Apr 202010 May 2020

John 20:19-31  I do not know what your experience of the lockdown in the midst of this pandemic has been like. Maybe it has been wonderful. Some families have rediscovered…