3rd Sunday – Call Me Jonah (How to defy God)

23 Jan 202123 Feb 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…

2nd Sunday (Part 2) – To Speak, to Become

16 Jan 202115 Apr 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…

2nd Sunday (Part 1)- To Hear, to Seek

16 Jan 202115 Apr 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…

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…

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…

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…

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 – The Wonderful Exchange

25 Dec 20201 May 2021

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’…

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…

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 -…

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…

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,…

Christ the King – The Sheep and the Goats

20 Nov 202013 Dec 2020

The Last Judgment, Michelangelo Matthew 25:31-46 If you’ve been to the Sistine Chapel, you can’t fail to be impressed by the full length mural serving as the backdrop to the…

Thursday Week 33 – 7 seals, 7 Horns, 7 Eyes

19 Nov 202019 Nov 2020

Apocalypse 5:1-10 Anyone who has picked up the book of Revelation knows that it has some strange imagery. In the first reading today we see a Lamb with seven horns…

33rd Sunday – Fear, Valour and the Joy of the Lord

15 Nov 202012 Dec 2020

The Stretcher, Eleuterio Pagliano. Prov 31:10-31, Matt 25:14-30 We come to the final parable in Matthew’s gospel. It leads to the awesome scene of the Final Judgement, which also sets…