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Sunday 29 December
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Eccus 3:2-6, 12-14, Ps 127:1-5, Col 3:12-21, Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 Families The Holy Family was the perfect family. Our family isn’t perfect. We don’t have perfect children like Jesus. They don’t have perfect parents like Joseph and Mary. Yet I believe we love each other as much […]
Sunday 22 December
Fourth Sunday of Advent Is 7:10-14, Ps 23:1-6, Rom 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-24 A baby, human and divine There may be room for debate as to how literally certain parts of the Gospels are to be interpreted. About the virginal conception of Jesus however there can surely be no ambiguity in either St Matthew’s or St […]
Sunday 15 December
Third Sunday of Advent Is 35:1-6a, 10, Ps 146:6-10, James 5:7-10, Matthew 11:2-11 History’s turning point How blessed we are to live “Anno Domini” rather than “Before Christ”. Christ’s birth divided history into “before and after”. It’s like the earth shifted on its axis. John the Baptist was the herald of the greatest event in […]
Sunday 8 December
Second Sunday of Advent Is 11:1-10, Ps71:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17, Rom 15:4-9, Matthew 3:1-12 Conversion is a life-long rocess The Christian journey can’t be travelled on “auto-pilot”. We are constantly called to repentance. Our conversion may or may not have begun with a spiritual awakening, but it continues with decisions. We are never fully converted. […]
Can You Bear It?
An angry customer called the newspaper office, asking loudly to know where her Sunday paper was. “Madam”, said the newspaper employee, “today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow.” There was quite a long pause followed by dawning recognition … “Well, that explains why no one was at church!” More gems […]
Sunday 1 December
First Sunday of Advent Is 2:1-5, Ps 121:1-2, 4-5, 6-9, Rom 13:11-14, Matthew 24:37-44 God is among us Advent means “coming”. God came to us. He became a part of his own creation, part of the world he “so loved”. God became one of us. That changed everything. No longer did humankind need to seek […]
Sunday 24 November
CHRIST THE KING 2 Sam 5:1-3, Ps 122, Col 1:12-20, Luke 23:35-43 Jesus Christ is King of the Universe. He is the eternal word through whom all things, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible were created. He is the word made flesh dwelling among us, who rules from the human heart that has […]
Sunday 17 November
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Malachi 3:19-20, Ps 98, 2 Thess 3:7-12, Luke 21: 5-19 A good guide will forewarn those he is leading of the dangers and difficulties that lie ahead. This is done not to frighten those being accompanied, but to strengthen them to stand firm, persevere, and overcome. The Prophet Malachi tells […]
Sunday 10 November
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Macc 7:1-2, 9-14, Ps.17, 2 Thess 2:16-3:5,Luke 20:27-38 Will we be raised from the dead or not? This question was disputed by the Sadducees: but Jesus assures his questioners that revelation has shown God to raise our forebears from death to life. Faith in this truth is what enables […]
Sunday 3 November
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 11:22-12:2, 2 Thess 1:11-2:2,Luke 19:1-10 Like Zacchaeus, none of us measures up when it comes to being in the Presence of Jesus – we all fall short. Yet God has placed in our heart a desire to see him. We must make an effort, extend our energies of body, […]
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