28 June 2019. The Sacred Heart of Jesus
This feast invites us to be glad, to have full confidence in God’s constant love for us as a shepherd cares for the sheep of his flock. …
27 June 2019. Thursday of Week 12
After years of childless marriage, Sarah turned in desperation to the local custom of getting a surrogate to bear her a child…
26 June 2019. Wednesday of Week 12
The long testing of Abram’s confidence in the Lord was getting the better of him. Why keep on hoping against hope?…
25 June 2019. Tuesday of Week 12
People often seem to flourish better while working hard on a meaningful project, than with having too much leisure ….
24 June 2019. Nativity of St. John the Baptist
John forms a kind of boundary between the two Testaments, Old and New. The Lord himself says, The Law and the prophets were until John…
Presider’s Page for 23 June (Corpus Christi)
Since the beginning of time, God has always nourished his people. Today we celebrate our creator’s kindness in giving us the Body and Blood of Christ to our food.
23 June 2019. The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
Jesus took two basics of life, Bread and Wine, and promised that whenever they gathered to share them with a prayer, he would be with them. ..
22 June 2019. Saturday of Week 11
What was this intriguing “thorn.” Was it an ugly appearance, a recurrent sickness, failing eyesight, a tendency to intemperately blunt speech?…
21 June 2019. Friday of Week 11
We need to see Paul’s boasting in context. He was trying to answer wounding criticisms made about him in Corinth…
20 June 2019. Thursday of Week 11
Paul’s words had a sobering effect on his readers and brought at least some of them back to their first loyalty…
19 June 2019. Wednesday of Week 11
Ideally, we should practice generosity because it’s right, rather than merely in order to be loved or praised, or remembered by posterity….
18 June 2019. Tuesday of Week 11
The normal human tendency is to limit our goodwill to those who show us warmth and affection…
17 June 2019. Monday of Week 11
It is the hardest challenge to remain good in the face of evil, to remain loving in the face of hostility, to be peacemakers in a hostile world…
Presider’s Page for 16 June (Trinity Sunday)
Today is Trinity Sunday. We worship God who creates, redeems and sanctifies: three persons, one God.
16 June 2019. 11th Sunday (C)
The Holy Trinity, the inner self-communication of God, is a profound mystery: how God can be one divinity, shared between three persons….
15 June 2019. Saturday, Week 10
Jesus wants our YES to mean YES and our NO to mean NO. We are to be reliable and to live with integrity…
14 June 2019. Friday, Week 10
We are not literally to gouge out an eye or to hack off a hand, lest they lead us into temptation… But sin is still serious…
13 June 2019. Thursday, Week 10
As Moses came down from Mount Sinai, his skin glowed so brightly that ever afterwards he had to veil his face…
12 June 2019. Wednesday, Week 10
If St. Paul’s text today reflects serious tensions in the church, the Gospel speaks of fulfilment and accomplishment…
11 June 2019. St Barnabas, apostle
Barnabas was among the most amiable, life-affirming members of the early Church. Luke calls him “a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.” …