Easter… 5th Sunday – Abiding in the Vine 1 May 20212 May 2021 John 15:1-8 The gospel of John opens with the disciples asking Jesus: ‘Rabbi, where do you abide?’ The rest of the gospel, in a way, would be an answer to…
Ordinary Time… 21st Sunday – Rock of Salvation 23 Aug 202012 Sep 2020 Matthew 16:13-20 Christ giving the Keys of Heaven, Rubens The most important rock in all of Judaism was the foundation stone of the Temple. The Jews spoke of this as…
Ordinary Time… 18th Sunday – Two Kingdoms, Two Meals 2 Aug 202023 Aug 2020 Feeding the multitude, by Ambrosius Francken Isaiah 55:1-3, Matthew 14:13-21 We have before us this familiar scene from the gospel, commonly called the ‘Feeding of the five thousand’. It is…
Feasts… Sts Peter and Paul – Archetypes of the Church 28 Jun 202012 Jul 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…
