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 20206 Jun 2020

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 202031 May 2020

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 202017 May 2020

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 and a…

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…

Resurrection – The Irruption of New Life

12 Apr 20202 May 2020

Matthew 28:1-10 Holy Saturday marks the longest period of silence in the liturgical year. There are no sacraments, there is no holy water in the fonts, the altars are stripped…