Year B Low Sunday – Touched by the Wounds 10 Apr 202111 Apr 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…
Lent… 5th Sunday – The Prayer of the Heart 21 Mar 20214 Apr 2021 An icon of the Desert Fathers Jer 31:31-34 This Word we have received today from Jeremiah, could well claim to be summary of all of the Hebrew Scriptures. Here you…
Ordinary Time… 6th Sunday – The Purification of the Lepros 13 Feb 20216 Mar 2021 Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46, Mark 1:40-45 We are offered a significant miracle of healing in Mark’s gospel, that of a lepros. The account is very vivid. What is translated as leprosy is…
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 -…
Easter… 7th Sunday – Why stand here looking to the sky? 23 May 20206 Jun 2020 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…
Easter… 4th Sunday – The Good Shepherd 2 May 202017 May 2020 The Good Shepherd is one of the most beautiful images of Jesus in the Gospels. It is an image which has brought consolation to people across the ages and a…
Easter… 2nd Sunday – Healed by His Wounds 19 Apr 202010 May 2020 John 20:19-31 I do not know what your experience of the lockdown in the midst of this pandemic has been like. Maybe it has been wonderful. Some families have rediscovered…
Lent… 5th Sunday – Death, the Church and the Voice of the Son of God 29 Mar 202011 Apr 2020 John 11:1-45 The Sunday of the Third Scrutiny. In the First Scrutiny, we met Jesus as the one who can satisfy our restlessness – our infinite thirst. Last Sunday we…
Feasts The Annunciation – The Burden of Mary 25 Mar 20209 Apr 2020 One of the most painful experiences in life is to carry the burden of unanswered prayer. Such prayer, arises from the depth of one’s heart and is not dismissed easily,…
Lent… 4th Sunday – The Glory of New Creation 22 Mar 20205 Apr 2020 John 9:1-41 This is the Sunday of the Second Scrutiny for those preparing for baptism. We are living in strange times, with our public liturgies on hold. But the Word…
Ordinary Time… 2nd Sunday – Perfect Sacrifice 19 Jan 20203 Apr 2020 Isaiah 49:3-6, John 1:29-34 If you ever find yourself in the city of Ghent, in Belgium, you should go to St Bavo’s Cathedral to see the display of the Flemish…
