Holy Week… Maundy Thursday – The Revelation of Divine Love 9 Apr 202026 Apr 2020 Maundy Thursday marks the instituting of three realities. The gift of the Eucharist, the gift of the Priesthood and the giving of the new command – the mandatum – “Love one another…
Holy Week… Palm Sunday -Never Forsaken 5 Apr 202019 Apr 2020 See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked. - Jeremiah 23:16 “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.…
Lent… 5th Sunday – Death, the Church and the Voice of the Son of God 29 Mar 202011 Apr 2020 John 11:1-45 The Sunday of the Third Scrutiny. In the First Scrutiny, we met Jesus as the one who can satisfy our restlessness – our infinite thirst. Last Sunday we…
Lent… 4th Sunday – The Glory of New Creation 22 Mar 20205 Apr 2020 John 9:1-41 This is the Sunday of the Second Scrutiny for those preparing for baptism. We are living in strange times, with our public liturgies on hold. But the Word…
Lent… 3rd Sunday – Awakening Desire 15 Mar 202011 Apr 2020 John 4:5-42 The third Sunday of Lent, we come to Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman. We hear it today because it is the Sunday of the First Scrutiny for…
Lent… 2nd Sunday – The Place of Possibility 8 Mar 20203 Apr 2020 Genesis 12:1-4; Matthew 17:1-9 This Easter, we are blessed to have several adults being baptised and others received into the Church. We have to ask, why would anyone want to…
Lent… 1st Sunday -The Way of the Desert 1 Mar 20203 Apr 2020 Matt 4:1-11 The desert can teach us a lot about life. I discovered something of this on a recent walking retreat in the Sahara, on which I was privileged to…
