They found a way through, by bringing their friend up onto the flat roof and letting him down through the tiles. Jesus was moved by their persistent faith. They model for us the community of faith…

We may be among the workers whom the Lord wants to send into his harvest to help those who are harassed and dejected. If so, then in sending us the Lord will also empower us for the work he is asking us to do.

The two blind men asked loudly and persistently for what they needed. While Jesus was walking past they followed him shouting, They don’t just come up to Jesus with a polite request but followed him shouting, “Take pity on us, Son of David.”

We can identify with the weather image in today’s gospel, “Rains came down, floods rose, gales blew.” Familiar, isn’t it? Apart from weather storms, we can also be struck by storms of a different kind, in our health, our family, our finances or our career.

To the poor man, God does not appear except in the form of bread and in the promise of work. The Eucharist inspires our humanity by a story of bread broken and shared for the life of the world.

He became a child and laid aside his divinity in order to communicate God to us. This thought may help in times like ours, threatened by Corona virus and when our beloved Church seems so diminished and ignored.

Jesus saw the two brothers, Simon and Andrew, making a cast with their net, going about their daily work, and he called out to them, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of people.” Immediately the two brothers left what they were doing and followed Jesus. The story is perhaps streamlined for the decision of these two brothers must have taken some time…

28 November, 2020. Saturday of Week 34 1st Reading: Revelation 22:1-7 The river of life, the healing fruits and the Lamb who is coming soon Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the…

27 November, 2020. Friday of Week 34 St Fergal, bishop and missionary (Opt. Mem.) 1st Reading: Revelation 20:1-4; 21:1-2 Those who reject the beast will reign with Christ for 1000 years Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. He…

26 November, 2020. Thursday of Week 34 1st Reading: Revelation 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9 The happy guests at the Lamb’s wedding feast I, John, saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendour. He called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the…

25 November, 2020. Wednesday of Week 34 St Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr; St Clement I, pope and martyr ; St Colman, bishop (Opt. Mem.) 1st Reading: Revelation 15:1-4 The seven plagues sent by the wrath of God Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and amazing: seven angels with seven plagues, which…

24 November, 2020. Tuesday of Week 34 Ss Andrew Dung-Lác, priest and Companions, martyrs (Memorial) 1st Reading: Revelation 14:14-19 The grapes are thrown into the winepress of God’s wrath Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on…

23 November, 2020. Monday of Week 34 St Columban, abbot and missionary (Memorial) 1st Reading: Revelation 14:1-3a, 4-5 The 144,000 are the first fruits of humankind Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written…

21 November, 2020. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1st Reading: Zechariah 2:14-17 Rejoice, O daughter Zion! For I will dwell in your midst Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and…