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
A Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Emmeline Pankhurst, the noted political activist and early feminist advocate struggled to convince Victorian and Edwardian Britain of the glaring injustice to women that denial of voting rights brought about. Her Suffragette movement not only protested vocally, but often resorted to violent, sometimes even deadly, methods. As a consequence, she was viewed as not just an “uppity woman”, but a “dangerous uppity” woman...
Author: - August 16, 2020
A Reflection for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today's gospel is about faith and doubt. It invites us to a good reflection on the lake stories that are found in all four gospels. At times we read a lake story from the public life of Jesus and it strikes us that that it would be much more appropriate if it were told after the resurrection. We see this in Luke 5 where we have the story of the call of Peter and the other disciples, dramatised in the story of the great catch of fish.
Author: - August 9, 2020
