Soul Food for The Fourth Sunday of Easter (30th April) 2023
In the Gospel today, St John uses the image of the shepherd to offer the reader an insight into the God of Love. Christ is the Good Shepherd who looks after his flock. Like all good shepherds, He keeps his flock close to Him.
Author: - April 23, 2023
Soul Food for the Third Sunday of Easter, 23rd April 2023
Letting go of the old in order to make way for the new is part of life’s cycles of beginnings and endings, birth and death. Just before midnight at the dawn of each new year, many Irish people continue the tradition of opening the back door of their home to let the old year out, and the front door to let the new year in. As seasons change and Winter turns to Spring, St Brigid’s Day (1st February) marks an end of the darkness and the beginning of a new season of hope and growth; the old St Brigid’s Cross is burned and the new one hung in its place. So too, in life, we know that letting go of what is weighing us down and holding us back is necessary to make space to welcome in something better. Newness brings possibility, hope and potential.
Author: - April 10, 2023
Soul Food for the Second Sunday of Easter, (Divine Mercy Sunday) 16th April 2023
Divine Mercy Sunday is affiliated with the devotion to St Faustina. However, as we know, the message of God’s mercy is universal. I believe it was Alexander Pope who said to err is human, to forgive divine. As we know, many in our world today do not experience mercy or forgiveness. The experience for many vulnerable people is isolation, polarisation and rejection. All these experiences are the opposite of forgiveness and reconciliation.
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Soul Food for Easter Sunday, 9th April, 2023
Today’s Gospel from John opens with: "On the first day of the week … while it was still dark." This description evokes admiration for Mary of Magdala as someone who could face the darkness and chaos. (In other gospel accounts we hear of other women also going to the tomb). Unlike the male disciples who had vanished – out of fear, perhaps - she was willing to confront the void.
Author: - April 4, 2023
