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Sunday 18 August
Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10, Ps.39, Hebrews 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53 The Gospel isn’t a private feel-good panacea To insist that God makes public demands is scandalous in a society which rejects sin and absolute truth. Jesus speaks of the cross as a baptism of fire. John was the only apostle who didn’t die […]
Sunday 11 August
Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Wisdom 18:6-9, Ps.33, Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19, Luke 12:32-48 What am I locking away from God? Jesus describes a determined thief breaking walls. We like to think we’re in control, that our possessions are our own. When we block out suffering and the needy as ‘not my responsibility’, we shut Jesus […]
Sunday 4 August
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4-11 August: National Vocations Awareness Week Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23, Ps.90, Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11, Luke 12:13-21 Clenched fists or open hands? Our instincts grasp possessions, pride and power. The Jewish Talmud speaks of our entering life with clenched fists and our challenge to leave with open hands. God invites us to […]
Sunday 28 July
Seventeenth Week Ordinary Time Genesis 18: 20-32, Ps. 138, Colossians 2: 12-14, Luke 11: 1-13 Always converting Baptism is the first step on the conversion road of discipleship. It brings me into the resurrected life of Jesus Christ and gives me the freedom to choose not to sin. Learning to use this freedom well takes […]
Sunday 21 July
Sixteenth Week Ordinary Time Genesis 18: 1-10, Ps.15, Colossians 1: 24-28, Luke 10: 38-42 Leave room for God It is a salutary reminder in Christian discipleship that being busy does not always please God. As a busy person I may feel virtuous but leave no room for God to get to know me in a […]
Sunday 14 July
Sea Sunday — day of prayer for seafarers and fishers Fifteenth Week Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 30: 10-14, Ps. 69 or 19A, Colossians 1: 15-20, Luke 10: 25-37 Loving prudence Sometimes our social milieu can hold us back from doing the right thing. A disciple needs to cross barriers of race, creed or simply familiarity when […]
Sunday 7 July
Fourteenth week Ordinary Time Isaiah 66: 10-14, Ps. 66, Galatians 6: 14-18, Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20 Sharing in the cross What part does the cross of Christ play in my discipleship? Here Paul writes of the scars suffering has left on his person. He tells me that it is through the cross that I become […]
Vestments and Liturgical Colours
In my community we had a discussion about the colour used on Pentecost Sunday. The Holy Spirit seems to be elusive when it comes to symbols – wind has no colour, doves are white, but flames are portrayed as red. From staring at fires, I know that flames can be all sorts of colours from […]
Sunday 30 June
THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 19:16, 19-21, Ps 16, Galatians 5:1, 13-18, Luke 9: 51-62 Follow me Have you ever noticed how we adopt the mannerisms of those we love? Perhaps the way we raise an eyebrow, or fold our arms, or shrug our shoulders. Often we are unaware of these characteristics. Here […]
Sunday 23 June
TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Zecharaiah 12:10-11, 13:1, Ps 63, Galatians 3:26-29, Luke 9:18-24 Persevere We New Zealanders have lived through a time of severe drought. No rain. No water. Animals starving. Land burnt. We look to the skies for relief. ‘Drought’ can sometimes describe our spiritual life. Patricia Stevenson says, “I thirst My body […]
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