6th Sunday – “I Have Called You Friends”

9 May 20219 May 2021

John 15:9-17 If someone asked you the essence of your faith, what would you say? The Trinity?  Jesus? Salvation – how we sinned, and he came to save us? Would…

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 – 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…

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,…

22nd Sunday – Stumbling Stone

30 Aug 202019 Sep 2020

Felix Joseph Barrias, The Temptation of Christ Matt 16:21-27, Romans 12:1-2 “It so happened that I [once wrote] a bestseller; this was a pure accident, due to inattention and naiveté and I would take…

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…

19th Sunday- Elijah and Lessons in the Spiritual Life

9 Aug 202030 Aug 2020

1 Kings 19:9-13 If you’ve trained for a marathon or even otherwise, you might be familiar with the phrase ‘hitting the wall’. It’s the point where the body of the…

15th Sunday (part 1) – To See and not Perceive

11 Jul 202025 Jul 2020

Isaiah by Michael Angelo, Sistine Chapel Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 13:1-23 A friend of mine always went to watch some of the most mind-twisting and complex, even disconcerting plots that came…

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…