A Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
On Easter Sunday morning 2019 a number of bombs exploded in crowded churches in Sri Lanka killing over 200 people. I heard the report on the news that day and, in addition to the feeling of shock and horror, I was taken aback by the words of the country’s cardinal who was reported as saying that the government should “mercilessly hunt down the perpetrators...
Author: - September 13, 2020
A Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
A friend of mine spent the summer preparing her eldest child to begin school this September. To give him the opportunity to meet some local children and to get used to being apart from her she enrolled him in summer camp. She had heard about the tears and tantrums that occur when some parents drop their children to school but wasn’t expecting it to happen to her. Despite being excited to experience something new, her son was filled with dread at the prospect of a day away...
Author: - September 6, 2020
A Reflection for the Twenty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
In St. John’s account of the trial and subsequent execution of Jesus, Jesus tells Pontius Pilate that “I was born for this, I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth”. Pilate asks the most profound of questions, “What is Truth”?
Author: - August 30, 2020
A Reflection for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s gospel passage from Matthew is also told in Mark and Luke. Indeed, in Mark where Jesus asks his disciples “Who do you say that I am?”, it is the central passage of the gospel. Many a retreat and many a day of reflection are devoted to this question of Jesus, as addressed to me, “Who do you say that I am?”
Author: - August 23, 2020
