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Sunday 8 May
FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100; Apocalypse 7:9, 14-17; John 10:27-30 Simplicity or complexity Truly following Jesus Christ is a simple way of life, like sheep following a shepherd. Jesus wants this simple faith for me. I tend to make my discipleship complex and thus miss the contemplative activity of being drawn […]
Sunday 1 May
THIRD WEEK OF EASTER Acts 5:27-32, 40-41; Psalm 30; Apocalypse 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Growing through doubt How hard it is to believe the unbelievable and live out that belief every day. Jesus is crucified, Jesus is risen in the flesh before the fisherman’s eyes! As a disciple I must feed my belief to others. Jesus […]
Sunday 24 April
EASTER OCTAVE Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118; Apocalypse 1:9-13,17-19; John 20:19-31 A gentle reprimand Thomas is the last of the future Apostles to see the Risen Jesus. The invitation to accept Jesus as risen comes personally to him – “doubt no longer but believe!” Jesus is gentle with Thomas – no reprimand but the invitation to […]
Sunday 17 April
EASTER SUNDAY Acts 10:34, 37-43, Psalm 118, Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 He is Risen! It is Mary of Magdala who is first to the tomb on the Sunday morning – and finds it empty. She is worried about the body of Jesus and goes to get Peter and John, who come running. Peter enters. Then […]
Sunday 3 April
FIFTH SUNDAY of LENT Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 “I forgive you.” A good way through Lent we are consoled with God’s words through Isaiah “I am the Lord; I have done wonders in creation, but nothing compared with what I am going to do!” We’ll have the death and Resurrection of […]
Sunday 27 March
FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Psalm 34; Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 One for many and many to one Paul in 2 Corinthians has it summarised well: “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself”. The entire universe is put right between us and God through the actions of Christ. Christ is […]
Sunday 20 March
THIRD WEEK OF LENT Psalm 103; Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 Forgive us our trespasses Some of the thinking, in Matthew, was that the people killed in a disaster were worse sinners. Jesus puts them straight. No, they were no more or less guilty of sin than the rest of us. […]
Sunday 13 March
SECOND WEEK OF LENT Psalm 27; Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28-36 Listen to him All of today’s readings make a single point- put your faith and trust in God. In Psalm 27 we have those wonderful words, “Yahweh is my light and my salvation.” In Genesis we have Abraham who “put his faith […]
Sunday 6 March
FIRST WEEK OF LENT Psalm 91; Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 Putting God first Jesus fasted for 40 days, a significant number in the Bible. Towards the end he must have been weak with hunger. As God, he had the power to turn the stones into bread. He was tempted to do so. Instead […]
Sunday 27 February
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecclesiasticus 27:4-7; Psalm 92:2-3, 13-16; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45 From the store of goodness. Often what annoys us in others is what we don’t like to face in ourselves. We can be quick to judge or criticise but fail to see the plank in our own eye. These shortcomings […]
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