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…
Ordinary Time… 29th Sunday – Taxes,Caesar and God 18 Oct 20208 Nov 2020 The Tribute Money, Thomas Sully Matt 22:15-21 In today’s gospel, we have an unholy alliance, of the Pharisees and the Herodians who come together against Jesus. The question they pose,…
Feasts… Assumption of Mary – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 16 Aug 20204 Sep 2020 Revelation 11:19-12:10, Luke 1:39-56 Assumption of the Virgin by Corregio, Fresco 1939. Hardly twenty years had passed from what had been thought of as the ‘war to end all wars’.…
Ordinary Time… 14th Sunday – The State of Profound Rest 5 Jul 20207 Oct 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…
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… 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…
Feasts… Christ the King – The Monothelite Controversy 24 Nov 20195 Apr 2020 What does it mean to say Christ is King? What does it mean to say we have to submit to Christ's rule? We have a continuing form of monarchy in…