27th Sunday – To Fan into a Flame

2 Oct 202222 Oct 2022

2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14, Luke 17:5-10 Oppression, injustice, outrage, violence! The prophet cries out to God in our first reading. It paints a very lucid picture of our present world situation.…

24th Sunday – The Lost Coin

10 Sep 20222 Oct 2022

Luke 15:1-32 We once again have these three beautiful parables, with which we are so familiar. They seem particularly poignant now, as the nation deals with the loss of its…

Pentecost – Under the Influence

4 Jun 202225 Jun 2022

‘No one can say Jesus Christ is Lord, except under the influence of the Holy Spirit’ (1 Cor 12:3) Pentecost. We come to the completion of the Easter season; where,…

7th Sunday – “Consecrated in Truth”

16 May 20216 Jun 2021

Marten de Vos, The Last Supper John 17:11-19 As we come to the close of the Easter season, we culminate with what is called the high-priestly prayer of Jesus. It…

Low Sunday – Touched by the Wounds

10 Apr 20211 May 2021

We come to the first Sunday after Easter or Low Sunday. Low Sunday does not mean one is ‘low’ after the ‘high’ of Easter! It is rather the octave day…

Trinity Sunday – Love and Gift at the heart of the World

6 Jun 202028 Jun 2020

Exodus 34:4-9, John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” It is not without reason that many consider this short verse from John 3:16…

7th Week (Monday) -Did you Receive the Spirit?

25 May 202013 Jun 2020

Acts 19:1-8 Today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles is quite amusing: it talks about some of the shaky first steps of the growing Church. There’s a group…

7th Sunday – Why stand here looking to the sky?

23 May 202023 May 2021

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…

6th Sunday – The Spirit of Truth

17 May 202014 May 2021

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…

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…