Ordinary Time… 14th Sunay – The Yoke of Freedom 5 Jul 20205 Jul 2020 Giotto, Entry into Jerusalem Zechariah 9:9-10, Matthew 11:25-30 What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘rest’? Maybe having been stuck at home all through the lockdown, you’re…
Feasts… Sts Peter and Paul – Archetypes of the Church 28 Jun 202028 Jun 2020 Acts 12:1-11, 2 Timothy 4:6-8,17-18, Matthew 16:13-19 Peter and Paul, by El Greco The Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul. These two saints have been venerated from the earliest times…
Ordinary Time… 12th Sunday- The Paradox of Vocation 20 Jun 202021 Jun 2020 Jeremiah 20:10-13 The recent movie, Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, captured some aspects of the life of the first Christians very powerfully. They are living under constant threat of…
Feasts… Corpus Christi – The Gravitational Force of Heaven 13 Jun 20205 Jul 2020 The Institution of the Eucharist by Ercole de' Roberti Deuteronomy 8:2-16, John 6:51-58 In 1263, in the town of Bolsena in Italy, during Mass, just after consecration, the host started…
Feasts… Corpus Christi -food that Saves 13 Jun 202021 Jun 2020 At last the Churches are opening! Public masses are still a few weeks away, however. And as this sacramental fast draws to a close, we’re hungry. Hungry for the Living…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
Easter… 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…
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.…
