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Sunday 22 December
4th Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-6; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 Come, Lord Jesus ‘Emmanuel’, a name that means ‘God is with us’. As Christmas day approaches, that name, Emmanual, is in our hearts and on our lips. A yearning wells up from the depth of our being. But for what? The light has […]
Sunday 8 December
2nd Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12 Repent ‘Repent’ is a word that has fallen out of favour, maybe because fundamentalists like Israel Folau like using it to make us feel bad. But Advent is a time to repent in the true sense of the word. A […]
Sunday 24 November
Christ the King 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Psalm 122; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 The mystery of faith The painful humiliation of Jesus is there for everyone to see. The mocking of the Jewish leaders, the insults of the soldiers, even the jeering of the thief alongside him. All this only adds to his excruciating agony on […]
Sunday 29 September
26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Amos 6:1, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31 Social Justice The main lesson we can learn from Jesus’ parable and Amos’ words is that the huge gap between the few who are extremely rich and the many who are destitute in our world is totally immoral. In fact, […]
Sunday 22 September
25th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 Dangerous wealth Today Jesus and Amos give us good advice about money. Jesus calls it “that tainted thing” and Amos condemns those who “trample on the poor and practice deceit”. Though seeming to praise the dishonest manager Jesus is really saying […]
Sunday 15 September
24th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 The amazing love of God Today we hear the whole of Chapter 15 of Luke’s gospel. Perhaps these three parables are the clearest statement Jesus made about the nature of God: the incredible, tender, patient, merciful Father who became visible […]
Sunday 8 September
23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8-14 September, Social Justice Week Wisdom 9:13-18; Psalm 90; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Take up your cross Some of Jesus’ words are hard to take! He tells his disciples to think deeply before deciding to be his disciples because it is not going to be easy! Before literally taking […]
Sunday 1 September
22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ecclesiasticus 3:17-20, 28-29; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24; Psalm 68; Luke 14:1, 7-14 Motivation Jesus challenges the guests, and all of us today, to reflect on the motives behind our choices. All day long we make choices, often unaware of the motives which impel us. So often there is a hidden selfishness […]
Sunday 28 July
SEVENTEENTH WEEK ORDINARY TIME Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 Teach me to pray There are fundamental human experiences that, like prayer, shape and reshape our hearts. That is why the prayers of others begin to make more sense as we mature. Prayers of sorrow and gratitude, prayers for protection and nurture, and […]
Sunday 21 July
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 18:1-10; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:24-28;Luke 10:38-42 Labels It’s very easy to label Martha a fusspot and to leave it at that! However, if we take the time to trace her development in the gospel of John [chapter 11], we see that she is the one who greets Jesus after […]
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