Sunday Reflections
Fourth Sunday of Easter
8 May 2022
There are may images used to describe Jesus. The Apocalypse depicts him as "a lamb standing as though it had been slaughtered" (Apoc. 5:6). Lambs were sacrificial offerings for sin, so Jesus takes…
Third Sunday of Easter
1 May 2022
The last chapter of St John’s gospel would appear to be an addition, since chapter 20 seems to have been the original ending. It is possible that the author found more material to add or that he…
Second Sunday of Easter
24 April 2022
In today’s readings we have two revelations of the risen Lord. Today and for the next few Sundays, the second reading comes from the Book of the Apocalypse. This was written by someone called John…
Easter Sunday
17 April 2022
Someone wrote recently about his fear of death and his certainty that all that would happen to him would that he would be buried in a hole in the ground, where he would remain. For Christians…
Palm Sunday
10 April 2022
At Sunday’s liturgy, we read of two processions. The first is Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem; the second is his journey to the cross.
“Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!…
Fifth Sunday of Lent
3 April 2022
The story of the woman taken in adultery is a clear illustration of what divided the Scribes and Pharisees and Jesus. Many of the former were probably good people. They followed the Law…
Fourth Sunday of Lent
27 March 2022
The society in which Jesus lived seemed to have clearly marked out certain groups of people as sinners, tax collectors and prostitutes being among them. The rest presumably thought themselves free…
Third Sunday of Lent
20 March 2022
Two plants appear as symbols in today’s readings. The first is the burning bush, which Moses observed when he was tending the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro. It marked the beginning of his…
Second Sunday of Lent
13 March 2022
Peter had proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah in response to his question: “But who do you say that I am?” (Luke 9:20) It was after this that Jesus led the three disciples up the mountain. It is not…
First Sunday of Lent
6 March 2022
Even God made man had to face the shadow side of himself. Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, talked about shadow being the parts of ourselves that we repress, which then go down into the…