How can we glory in the cross where thieves, slaves and criminals were executed and onto which He was nailed, led like a lamb to the slaughter? It is because this crucified Jesus has become our lifegiver…
Taking the plank out of our own eye means being more attentive to our own failings than to those of others. Often we do not see clearly enough to understand what is really going on in the other..
We are asked for more than just giving with a view to receiving. Ideally, love has no self-seeking in it, just as God loves us. God is good even to the ungrateful and the wicked…
How can people be happy if they are poor, hungry or in mourning? How can people who have their fill of everything be called unfortunate? These pronouncements go against how we normally see life…
1st Reading: Colossians 2:6-15 Spiritually, baptism “buries” us with Christ and raises us to live in and with him As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to…
Jesus’ arrival in the synagogue gave hope to the man with the withered hand, in spite of the hostile comments of others. And hope was not disappointed…
We gather to listen to God’s challenging words and to ask the grace of repentance from God who loves us first.
Jesus warns that we cannot share his vision unless we hold our possessions loosely. Without detachment we cannot be full disciples of the Christ who emptied himself….
One Sabbath the hungry disciples were blamed for “harvesting” on the sabbath. When walking through cornfields they were plucking and chewing on ears of grain, a anyone might do.. Jesus defends their freedom and claims authority over the Sabbath..
People can get into a rut, eigidly fixed in our own routines. If someone comes and does things differently we object; why things can’t simply be left alone? We find that scenario in today’s gospel…
Failure does not need to have the last word, because the Lord is near and can help us through them. He transformed their fruitless night’s labour by giving them an abundant catch of fish…
After the woman’s miraculous cure, one might expect her to give her total attention to Jesus. That was not what actually happened. “She got up immediately and waited on them.” The atmosphere of caring for each other is enhanced by the fact that…
A frequent theme of both Jesus and St. Paul is the need for keeping alert, in order to stay close to God and live our life according to God’s will. Ironically, in today’s Gospel the one most aware of Jesus’ presence is the demon…
A series of readings from St Luke’s gospel begins today and continues until the beginning of Advent. In an opening address in the Nazareth synagogue, Luke has Jesus proclaim, “This Scripture is being fulfilled in your hearing.”
Who gets the places of honour in God’s house, the pushy or the humble? The Word of God in this Sunday’s Mass teaches us that the humble are the ones who find favour with God.
The parable suggests, “Respect others; be open to them. Don’t put up barriers against others, like the Pharisees.” Another possible interpretation is that we ourselves are the poor, the lame and the blind…
