Luke 15 may be the best short story that was ever written. Some of its phrases are so powerful that they have become proverbial… 1st Reading: Joshua 5:9-12 The Israelites, free at last from slavery and humiliation in Egypt, enter the land of promise The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away from…
Prayer-words become genuine prayer only when joined to a humble love and search for God…
Both readings deal illustrate conversion of heart, which is more than saying no to sin…
Helping the needy and the stranger should become second nature to us. Then we will be acting with the agency of God..
Following the word of God keeps us on the path of life…
Just as Daniel and his people survived and flourished, so the Gospel speaks of forgiveness and renewal…
Mary’s YES to her vocation allowed God’s purpose to reach all of us with the grace of salvation…
Today, as we gather to listen to the Lenten call to repentance, we worship our God of kindness who, like a patient gardener, always gives people a second chance.
(n.b. Any parish seeking a priest to help in July-Aug. 2019, click here.) Jesus rejects the popular myth that all misfortunes are divine punishments.. We are not to imagine a stern, punitive God… 1st Reading: Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15 God pities his people in Egypt and will free them, through Moses Moses was keeping the flock…
Our Church needs a new injection of confidence. Trust in God’s care is our legacy to the future …
Lent invites us to dream again, examine our best ideals, planted in us by God…
Thursday in Week 2 of Lent
All true prophets face resistance. Like Jeremiah, Jesus as a troublesome challenger of the status quo..
Joseph listened to the quiet voice which spoke to him in his sleep and generously obeyed in what was asked of him...
Two versions, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect", and "Be merciful, as your Father is merciful"…
As the second week of Lent begins in other countries, we pause from our lenten penances to honour Patrick, the apostle of the Irish. In our celebration of this solemn feast, we worship God, creator, redeemer and sanctifier, who brought our ancestors into the Christian fold through the preaching of St Patrick.
St Patrick, Patron of Ireland
The ideals of Jesus include loving our enemy, and praying for those who make life difficult for us…
Esther’s story illustrates : “Ask and you shall receive.” God saved her people from mortal danger… 1st Reading: Esther 4:29-42 Queen Esther’s prayer wins God’s help in a time of crisis Queen Esther, seized with deadly anxiety, fled to the Lord. She prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: “O my Lord, you…
