Weekly News 01/10/2023
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A Once a sinner, always a sinner. That seems to be the attitude of the self-righteous in the first reading and the Gospel; they object that God is unjust, because he gives sinners another chance. But God tells them quite clearly that such attitudes are the real injustice – […]
Weekly News 24/09/2023
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A We can never hope fully to understand God: especially God’s generosity. We are very good at working out who is deserving of good fortune and who is not – unfortunately for us, Gods gifts go to those God chooses, not those we choose. An example is forgiveness: those […]
Weekly News 17/09/2023
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Jesus tells a dramatic story in the Gospel, to make a very important point: the desperate need in our world for forgiveness and reconciliation. How many chances do we give each other? As many as seven? How often do we shut doors on people, even family and friends, […]
Weekly News 10/09/2023
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A ‘No man is an island…’ How true this is for those who follow Christ: each of us has responsibilities towards each other, based on our debt of mutual love. When we see wickedness and wrongdoing, then because of our privileged position of following the Lord Jesus, we have […]
Weekly News 03/09/2023
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A A quick glance at last weeks Gospel reveals the interesting development of the story: last week, we heard Peter proclaiming that Jesus was the Messiah, and being given authority as a result. This week, Peter gets it wrong: he is rebuked by the Lord because he does not […]
Weekly News 27/08/2023
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A There is a very simple theme to this Sunday’s readings: it is the principle of authority in the community of the Church: we are introduced to the idea that God gives authority to someone in the first reading, where Shebna is dismissed by God and replaced. This is […]
Weekly News 20/08/2023
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Today is one of those occasions when, even though the second reading is not chosen to correspond to the theme of the Gospel and first reading, it does in fact fit very well. Indeed, much of the letter to the Romans is explained in this Sunday’s Liturgy of […]
Weekly News 13/08/2023
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A How does God reveal himself to us? Most of the time, in precisely the way we do not expect! This is what happened to Elijah: we expect God – all-powerful, almighty – to appear in dramatic effects of nature; but no, God is in a gentle breeze. […]