19 May, 2019. 5th Sunday of Easter
The apostles did not dwell on suffering in any morbid way. Their purpose was to put fresh heart into the disciples, to encourage them to persevere in the faith, just as Paul urged..
18 May, 2019. Saturday, 4th Week of Easter
Adapting our vision of God to major changes in the surrounding culture (e.g. Big Bang theory, Expanding Universe, genetic manipulation, moral relativism etc.) can be difficult and divisive…
Presider’s Page for 19 May (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
We gather to praise God who raised his son Jesus from the dead. We celebrate this victory over sin and death, and pray for enthusiasm as we try to pass on the Good News.
Presider’s Page for 19 May (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
We gather to praise God who raised his son Jesus from the dead. We celebrate this victory over sin and death, and pray for enthusiasm as we try to pass on the Good News.
17 May, 2019. Friday, 4th Week of Easter
Pope Francis has urged us to build bridges, not barriers; and that the doors of our church must be wide open and welcoming…
16 May, 2019. Thursday, 4th Week of Easter
God is revealed as the one who will always be with his people. That ongoing, saving interaction with the lives of his people shows us who God is…
15 May, 2019. Wednesday, 4th Week of Easter
Jesus’ personality was formed by his attentiveness to the Father, knowing himself sent by the Father, and making this the focus of his life….
14 May, 2019. St Matthias, Apostle
The essential requirement was to be an eyewitness to the resurrection. Matthias had followed Jesus from the star and followed our Lord on his travels…
13 May, 2019. Monday, 4th Week of Easter
Leaving Jerusalem for coastal Caesarea to tend Christ’s flock, Peter found himself addressing a gentile household…
Presider’s Page for 12 May (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
On the fourth Sunday of Easter each year, we honour the Risen Lord as our Good Shepherd. Today is the day of prayer for vocations to priesthood and religious life: we pray that God will give the Church men and women formed in the image of the Good Shepherd, who will be the priests and religious of the future.
12 May, 2019. 4th Sunday of Easter
Church leaders need to think soberly about the structures that can help foster genuine vocations to ministry in the future. It may well be that celibacy..
11 May, 2019. Saturday, 3rd Week of Easter
Through the Easter season the risen Christ calls on what seems dead within us, to make us blossom into new existence…
10 May, 2019. Friday, 3rd Week of Easter
Once Paul was converted, there were consequences for both for himself and for the church. A new view of Christianity had to be agreed…
09 May, 2019. Thursday, 3rd Week of Easter
Like the Ethiopian we must be “God-fearers,” seeking to know what God is saying and doing in our lives. Like this pilgrim, we …
08 May, 2019. Wednesday, 3rd Week of Easter
Easter celebrates the total faithfulness of God to his Son Jesus, and to all of us. This encourages we keep turning back to him, trusting him…
07 May, 2019. Tuesday, 3rd Week of Easter
Even so devout a Jew as Saul of Tarsus gave his full approval to stoning to death a man he considered to be promoting heresy…
06 May, 2019. Monday, 3rd Week of Easter
We only see people and things in their true nature if we take the trouble to really look, with an open mind. The Sanhedrin looked on the face of Stephen, and it seemed…
Presider’s Page for 5 May (Third Sunday of Easter)
We’re two weeks into the Easter season now, but the Good News of the season continues to reverberate in the Liturgy. Joyfully we worship God who raised our Saviour from the dead.
05 May, 2019. 3rd Sunday of Easter
Today’s story reflects the miracle of salvation as an offer. Through his church, Christ has thrown over us his net of salvation, a net of grace…
04 May, 2019. Saturday, 2nd Week of Easter
There’s encouragement in this story of Jesus walking on the water. We do not know what God will do, to heal our Church of our present malaise…