A Reflection for the Feast of Christ the King (21st November 2021)
and love. We see from the readings the idea of sovereignty. We read in Daniel “his sovereignty shall never pass away” and Psalm 93 praises the great power of God who is king.
Author: - October 27, 2021
A Reflection for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (14th November 2021)
ncis has designated as World Day of the Poor, Jesus says a strange thing. He says that “Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.” Christianity and many other religions have a concept of a place to which we will go after death. We Christians call it Heaven. But in today's Gospel Jesus tells us that Heaven also will pass away!
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A Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (7th November 2021)
Why do we do the things that we do? All sorts of people in the bible do all sorts of things – good and not so good. When we help others, do we do it: out of guilt, for show, to be seen and to elevate ourselves in others’ eyes? Is it to increase our social status and, in the eyes of our community, to be ‘a great person who…’? Or is it to genuinely help?
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A Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (31st October 2021)
Like many households of my youth, ours had a picture of the Sacred Heart hanging on the kitchen wall. Yet you may be surprised to hear that I felt that ours was a deprived household. Other houses had a red lamp underneath the picture, a red electric bulb or a small, oil-filled burner which to my young eyes appeared to be particularly special...
Author: - October 1, 2021
