Fourth Sunday of Easter – 21st April 2024
When I was a child there was a simple game that we used to play in the school yard at lunch time. It was called ‘Follow the leader’. One person […]
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Third Sunday of Easter – 14th April 2024
Jesus continues to appear to his friends and followers. We can only imagine that they are still trying to get over the shock and disappointment of seeing him die on […]
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Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday – 07th April 2024
I wonder, would it be right to suggest that after Judas who betrayed Jesus, Thomas is perhaps the least liked apostle and follower of Jesus? After all he had been […]
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Easter Sunday – 31st March 2024
Dear brothers and sisters, Our Lenten journey and pilgrimage are over. Our fasting is complete; now we can feast and celebrate. We have travelled with Jesus from the harshness of […]
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Palm Sunday – 24th March 2024
The dramatic events of Holy Weeks begin… A lot is going to happen this coming week. Jesus is going to do and say things that will annoy and anger the […]
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Fifth Sunday of Lent – 17th March 2024
Hopefully, at this stage of the year and at this part of our Lenten journey, we have a deeper awareness that the long cold darkness of winter is behind us. […]
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Fourth Sunday of Lent – 10th March 2024
We come to the midpoint of Lent and have this Sunday a celebration with a theme of joy and of trust in the Lord. During the whole of Lent, our […]
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Third Sunday of Lent – 03rd March 2024
Often, we hear or perhaps even say that money is the root of all evil. However, this is not actually what scripture tells us. What it tells us is that […]
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Second Sunday of Lent – 25th February 2024
The drama in the gospel for this Sunday takes place on a mountain, as indeed does the very dramatic events in the first reading from the Book of Genesis. The […]
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First Sunday of Lent – 18th February 2024
Strange as it may seem to us so soon after Advent and Christmas, but this is the first Sunday of Lent. On Ash Wednesday, we began our Lenten Pilgrimage with […]
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 11th February 2024
The first reading this Sunday from the Book of Leviticus and the Gospel from Mark, both speak to us about leprosy. For the Jewish people, before and during the time […]
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 4th February 2024
We know from reading and hearing the gospels that Jesus was much in demand and generally very busy! Once he began his public ministry, he went from place-to-place preaching and […]
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 28th January 2024
From reading the gospels, we know that Jesus was a great speaker and wonderful storyteller. So good at this was he, that Peter even once said, ‘Lord, to whom shall […]
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – 21st January 2024
Jesus is beginning his public ministry and so he starts to call people to follow him. Jesus always made a point of meeting and calling people wherever he found them. […]
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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – 14th January 2024
As Jesus walks by minding his own business, John points at him and says to those who are with him, ‘Look there is the Lamb of God.’ They drop everything […]
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The Epiphany of the Lord – 07th January 2024
The People in darkness have seen a great light… The word Epiphany means to reveal or to make known. This Sunday, these strangers whom we call kings, who were led […]
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph – 31st December 2023
This Sunday, we remember and celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. It might be true to say that the focus of attention leading up […]
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Forth Sunday of Advent – 24th December 2023
Just listening to the readings, we know that we are very close to the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus. The first reading is so very beautiful and […]
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Third Sunday of Advent – 17th December 2023
In today’s first reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah we come upon the passage that Jesus quoted when he read scripture in the Synagogue of Nazareth. The passage […]
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Second Sunday of Advent – 10th December 2023
There is something beautiful about all the lights that we now see around us in the streets and shop windows. As they shine and sparkle, they are trying to catch […]
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First Sunday of Advent – 03rd December 2023
This Sunday we begin a new season in the liturgical calendar of the Church. Today, we begin the great Season of Advent. There are two messages that we will hear […]
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Our Lord Jesus Christ The King – 26th November 2023
Next Sunday we begin the Season of Advent; our time of preparation for Christmas. Therefore, this Sunday marks the end of our current liturgical year. Before we begin the Season […]
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 12th November 2023
Two aspects of these readings for today draw our attention immediately.First, am I really searching for wisdom in my life? Second, am I alert tothe presence of God and wait […]
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time – 05th November 2023
The Prophet Malachi asks us today in the first reading: ‘Why do webreak faith with one another?’ We break faith with God and with oneanother and with ourselves. This is […]
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 29th October 2023
There is always the danger that when we hear a song too often that webecome complacent and take it for granted. The same can happen withthe readings and gospels we […]
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 22nd October 2023
Someone once said that ‘the only things certain in this world are deathand taxes’. And it appears from our gospel that at the time of Jesus, taxeshad to be paid […]
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15th October 2023
All are invited, all are welcomeWe all love a good meal with our friends and family. Whenever we sharea meal with those we love, there is a sense of joy, […]