Ordinary Time… 3rd Sunday – Call Me Jonah (How to defy God) 23 Jan 202124 Jan 2021 Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah 3:1-10 We hear this Sunday from the hilarious (yet profound!) book of the prophet Jonah. This is the only Sunday of the three-year…
Ordinary Time… 2nd Sunday – To Hear, to Seek, to Speak, to Become (Part 2) 16 Jan 202117 Jan 2021 St John the Evangelist, Carlo Dolci John 1:35-42, 1 Sam 3:3-19 We spoke of the first two movements in the last account of the disciples encountering Jesus for the first…
Ordinary Time… 2nd Sunday – To Hear, to Seek, to Speak, to Become (Part 1) 16 Jan 2021 The Lamb of God, Pietro Bernini John 1:35-42, 1 Sam 3:3-19 It’s a real gift to reflect on these texts from the gospel of John during the year. What we…
Christmas… Baptism of the Lord – Open to the Father’s Love 10 Jan 202123 Jan 2021 The Baptism of Christ, Leonardo da Vinci Isaiah 42:1-7, Mark 1: 7-11 2015 saw the demise of one of the brightest intellectuals of our age, Rene Girard. His work spanned…
Christmas… Feast of the Baptism – One with Us 10 Jan 202116 Jan 2021 Do you remember Jacob’s ladder, with the angels ascending and descending? Throughout the Christmas season we have contemplated how God came down that ladder to our world, how he came…
Feasts… Epiphany – The Risk of Faith 5 Jan 202116 Jan 2021 Matthew 2:1-12 The feast of Epiphany. We meet the Magi, these well-loved characters in every crib. Today, they are contrasted with another character, Herod. Between them, they represent the best…
Christmas… 2nd Sunday – Life, Light and Love in the Beginning 3 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 John 1:1-18 Coming to the Prologue of John’s gospel is like arriving at the foot of Mount Everest. We gaze upon it’s stunning height and grandeur. The difference is that…
Christmas… Christmas – The Wonderful Exchange 25 Dec 202026 Dec 2020 Adoration of the Shepherds, Gerard van Honthorst Isaiah 9:1-7, Luke 2:1-14 At the heart of Christianity, the story of our salvation, is what the Fathers called the admirabile commercium (the ‘great’, ‘wonderful’…
Advent… 4th Sunday – A tale of two Temples 20 Dec 20205 Jan 2021 2 Samuel 7:1-16, Luke 1:26-38 As we come to the Fourth Sunday of Advent, our Gospel text focuses on Mary, who has remained hidden so far. It is difficult to…
Advent… 3rd Sunday – Year of the Lord’s Favour 13 Dec 20203 Jan 2021 Isaiah 61:1-11, John 1:6-8,19-28 What would you do, once things return to normal - whatever normal might be when this ends? Have you thought - am sure you have -…
Advent… 2nd Sunday – Prepare the Way 6 Dec 202025 Dec 2020 St. John the Baptist Preaching, c. 1665, by Mattia Preti Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8 We are almost at the end of this calendar year. A lot of people remark on how they can’t…
Advent… 1st Sunday – The Doorkeeper 28 Nov 202021 Dec 2020 Young Woman Holding a Lamp, Gerard Dou Mauritshuis, Netherlands. Isaiah 63:16-17,64:1-8, Mark 13:33-37 Advent is perhaps the most beautiful of the Church’s liturgical seasons. In the run up to Christmas,…
