Sunday Reflections
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Anyone who has worked with engaged couples knows that generally they are dwelling in the land of Grimm’s fairy tales and firmly believe that nothing will ever go wrong in their relationship.…
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s gospel poses many challenges to us as Christians. We all like to belong and Jesus’ disciples were no different. They had been individually chosen by him and had begun to think of…
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus was preparing his disciples for what was going to happen to him. They seem to have blocked out what he was saying and instead were engaging in a petty squabble about who was the greatest…
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
To those who knew him, Jesus must have seemed just an ordinary man, gifted with special power. The Jews expected the Messiah to be someone heroic, like King David, who would restore them to their…
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The letter of St James was possibly the first of the books of the New Testament. It was addressed to Jewish Christians, that is to “the twelve tribes in the dispersion” (James 1:1). The authorship…
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Jews, unlike their neighbours, worshipped the one God who through Moses gave them the Law, which they were to observe faithfully and which bound them together as a people. The scribes were…
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Jewish people had tried to live according to the Law, given to them by God through Moses. However, as St Paul would frequently preach, the Law was replaced by faith in Jesus Christ. “We know…
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.” (Magnificat)
Mary was deeply conscious of her gratitude to God. It was a characteristic of the Jewish…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Elijah was one of the most important prophets for the Jews and it was he that appeared with Moses at the Transfiguration of Our Lord. In today’s reading he had given up hope, having been…
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We do not know what the manna that sustained the Israelites in the desert really was. It could have been produced by some sort of insect or might have been a type of lichen. The important…