Sunday Reflections
Second Sunday of Advent
5 December 2021
We are coming closer to Christmas. John the Baptist has appeared! Luke does not describe him as Matthew and Mark do; instead he mentions a number of the rulers and important people of that time,…
First Sunday of Advent
28 November 2021
The word "Advent" means coming to, or arrival. We are now beginning our journey towards Christmas, and the gospel today invites us to reflect on the Second Coming of Christ. It seems to portray a…
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
21 November 2021
The Book of Daniel is one of the most interesting in the Old Testament. Part of it consists of stories with underlying messages and part is apocalyptic writing. "Apocalypse" means revelation…
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King
21 November 2021
At the end of the Church’s year we reflect on what the kingship of Jesus Christ really means and how his dominion will be finally established at the end of time. In today’s gospel, two worlds…
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
7 November 2021
Widows were very vulnerable in the society of Jesus’ day. There were no social services to care for them. The widow in today’s gospel was destitute, like the widow in the first reading who was…
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
31 October 2021
When people asked Jesus questions, it was often with a view to trapping him into saying something that would be incriminating. The scribe who came in today’s gospel was different. He seemed…
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
24 October 2021
The story of the blind beggar cured by Jesus is related in all the synoptic gospels, but only Mark gives us his name. This would suggest that Bartimaeus was a well-known figure on the road.…
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
17 October 2021
A recent television series, about the Boleyn family, showed how Queen Anne’s father, Thomas, clawed his way up through the court of Henry VIII, making an advantageous marriage and connecting with…
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
10 October 2021
Queen Victoria, on hearing that she was next in line to the throne of England, is reputed to have said: “I will be good.” Jesus questioned the young man in today’s gospel as to why he called Him…
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
3 October 2021
There were at least two different schools of thought about divorce in Jesus’ time and the Pharisees were hoping to trap Jesus into supporting one of them, therefore alienating the other. Jesus…