Sunday Reflections
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The apostles, who were fishermen, knew the Sea of Galilee only too well, and they were right to be frightened when a storm blew up. Fear is a healthy emotion, which informs us of danger and of the…
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks of the mustard tree, probably the black mustard which is not native to Ireland. He talks about it giving shelter to the birds of the air. Perhaps we might look at…
Corpus Christi
Both the gospel of John and the Apocalypse picture Jesus as the Lamb of God. It is a powerful image, because Jesus in his perfect sacrifice on Calvary replaced the need for blood sacrifices…
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
“[Allah is] the originator of the heavens and the earth. [There is] nothing like a likeness of him” (Koran chapter 42:11). Christian artists often depict God as an old man with a long beard and…
Pentecost Sunday
We might wonder where God is, what with the carnage in the middle east, the cyber attacks and the epidemic which has decimated our world. Might appears to be right and many world leaders seem to…
The Ascension of the Lord
Only Luke gives a detailed account of the ascension and this account is in Acts. His gospel relates the life, death and resurrection of Jesus; Acts tells the story of the early church. The…
Sixth Sunday of Easter
The conversion of Cornelius, the centurion, marked a turning-point in the history of the early church. Peter learnt through a vision of animals that he was told to eat, that he must not call…
Sixth Sunday of Easter
The conversion of Cornelius, the centurion, marked a turning point in the history of the early church. Peter learnt through a vision of animals that he was told to eat, that he must not call…
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Jesus often used scenes from the countryside for his parables. The vine would be a familiar sight in Palestine. When Moses was in the desert he sent spies to the land of Canaan to see what…
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Today’s reading follows the story of the blind man cured by Jesus (John 9). Ironically, he could see much more clearly than the Jewish leaders who were spiritually blind. These are depicted as the…