Sunday Reflections
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The disciples were excited after their experience of preaching,healing and casting out demons. They naturally wanted to tell Jesus all about their experience. He knew that they needed a quiet…
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Amos was the first Jewish prophet to have a book of the bible called after him. He lived in the eighth century BC and his writing is admired for its purity of language. As he told Azariah, he did…
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
People generally see what they want to see. God chose to become human in every way except for sin. He also decided to be reared in a village that was considered a bit of a backwater. “Nazareth!…
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sometimes people faced with pain or tragedy think that their suffering is somehow God’s will. Both the first reading and the gospel contradict this attitude. Jesus willingly underwent suffering…
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We are reminded in today’s liturgy of the power of God, in the reading from the Book of Job, which is the story of a good man who has endured numerous tragedies and who wonders where God is when…
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Do not disturb. I’m disturbed enough already” (notice on Spike Milligan’s door, quoted by the late bishop of Galway, Martin Drennan).
The leaders of the society where Jesus lived, like…
Corpus Christi
The Eucharist is central to our faith. St Pius X (1903-1914) encouraged frequent communion and its reception by young children. Before this many people only went to communion once a year, although…
The Most Holy Trinity
“Trinity is a mystery, not a puzzle. Love is mystery; a crossword is a puzzle. You try to solve a puzzle - you stand before the mystery." (Justo Gonzalez)
There have been so many scientific…
Pentecost Sunday
The liturgy for Pentecost Sunday provides different insights into the Third Person of the Trinity. The first reading from Acts gives an account of the coming of the Spirit, using powerful imagery…
The Ascension of the Lord
Luke is the only one of the evangelists who gives a detailed account of the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven, in the first chapter of Acts. His narrative acts as a recapitulation of the main…