15th December 2013 – 3rd Sunday of Advent

Today’s reading focuses on John the Baptist again, not this time in his role preparing the way for the Messiah, but rather as a witness to Jesus’ Messianic ministry. John the Baptist is in prison but has been told about what Jesus is doing. He is puzzled! Jesus’...

Feast of All Saints – 3rd November 2013

Feast of All Saints – 3rd November 2013 Coming from the Feast of All Saints we remember Saints have pasts, and sinners have futures, if we can’t accept that fact at this stage of our lives – we can’t really claim to be too bright, can we? Not matching at times...

Mission Sunday 21st October 2013

Mission Sunday – 20th October 2013 Like every other annual celebration or memorial that comes round every twelve months, Mission Sunday again this year runs the risk of ‘been there, done that before’!! about it. The sharpness of any message really is often lost...

Reflection 14th June 2013

Conscious that “even-you-know-who” can quote scripture to suit himself’ – nonetheless I admit this weekend to finding a very appropriate resonance, not to mention a relevant timely argument in today’s 2nd reading about law and freedom. It’s encouraging to hear...

“Corpus Christi” – 02/06/2013

“Corpus Christi” – The Body of Christ, is the familiar Latin and English expression for today’s feast. The church itself is yet another way of understanding this expression (the Church, that is, as the People of God).  Then again yet another obvious...

Trinity Sunday – 26th May 2013

  Trinity Sunday – 26th May 2013 Now that the Easter Season has officially ended with the Feast of Pentecost last Sunday – we have begun ‘Ordinary Time’. And as you might expect, ‘ordinary time’ itself begins on a bit of a high with today’s Feast of ‘The...