Year C 19th Sunday – The Assurance of Things Hoped for 7 Aug 202228 Aug 2022 Virtue of Faith by Piero Pollaiolo Hebrews 11:1-19 We have a wonderful excerpt from the letter to the Hebrews in our reading today. Hebrews is in reality, not so much…
Ordinary Time… 13th Sunday – Answering the Call 25 Jun 20229 Jul 2022 Image: the Ploughed field, by Van Gogh 1 Kings 19:16-21 The Word we have today focuses on the call of God. Elijah, the great, fiery prophet of Israel, drops his…
Easter 2nd Sunday – Touched to Believe 23 Apr 202214 May 2022 The incredulity of St Thomas, Caravaggio John 20: 19-31 The eighth day. This is the octave day of Easter. The Church believes that the Octave day is where the fullness…
Ordinary Time… 32nd Sunday – Obedience in a Time of Crisis 6 Nov 202127 Nov 2021 Elijah fed by Ravens, Guercino 1 Kings 17:10-16 We have a very powerful narrative from the ministry of Elijah, the greatest of Israel’s prophets. Elijah ministers during the time of…
Ordinary Time… 18th Sunday – Keys to the Eucharist:Trust 1 Aug 202128 Aug 2021 Gathering of the Manna, Rijksmuseum Exodus 16:2-4,12-15, John 6:24-35 We started last week by examining why the Eucharist is not more fruitful in our lives. And I believe there is…
Ordinary Time… 13th Sunday – Faith Beyond Offence 27 Jun 20213 Sep 2021 The healing of a bleeding woman, Rome, Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter Mark 5:21-43 "Take away the possibility of offense...and then Christianity is done away with, for it has become…
Ordinary Time… 2nd Sunday (Part 2) – To Speak, to Become 16 Jan 202115 Apr 2021 St John the Evangelist, Carlo Dolci John 1:35-42, 1 Sam 3:3-19 We spoke of the first two movements in the last account of the disciples encountering Jesus for the first…
Ordinary Time… 2nd Sunday (Part 1)- To Hear, to Seek 16 Jan 202115 Apr 2021 The Lamb of God, Pietro Bernini John 1:35-42, 1 Sam 3:3-19 It’s a real gift to reflect on these texts from the gospel of John during the year. What we…
Ordinary Time… 27th Sunday – “Falling asleep in the Father’s arms” 4 Oct 202016 Oct 2020 Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, by Valentin de Boulogne. Phil 4:6-9 Philippians is among the last letters written by Paul. We know that he was in captivity, though it is…
Advent… 4th Week – Ahaz, Joseph & the Sign of Immanuel 22 Dec 20193 Apr 2020 Isaiah 7:10-14; Matthew 1:18-24 We are presented two encounters in our readings today. There are two men, each faced with a crisis and have decided on their action; they are…
Casting Fire 