HOMILY This gospel continues St Luke’s reflections on just what it means to be a disciple of Christ. The word ‘disciple’ literally means a ‘learner’, one who learns from someone…

Feast of Corpus Christi – 22 June 2025   The Eucharist, along with the forgiveness of sin, seems to be one of the few sacramental rites, as we celebrate them…

Trinity Sunday – 15 June 2025   This weekend we celebrate the truth about God, about what he is.  God is the Trinity, he is Three-In-One, the Father, the Son…

As the Apostles watched the physical departure of Christ, they must have been fairly well forced into the understanding that Christ, in person at least, had done all he intended…

This gospel is taken from what is called the “Farewell Discourse” of Christ.  It is presented in the context of the Last Supper, the last chance that Christ would have,…

Fifth Sunday of Easter – 18 May 2025   By the time the early church reached the point described in this First Reading today, some of the original zeal of…

By the time of the conversation presented in this Gospel Reading, the meeting with the Risen Christ is fairly well along. The meal is finished, and there is something of…

  Palm Sunday – 13 April 2025   As Christians we can try to come to terms with our discomfort over the cruelty and brutality of Christ’s passion by telling…

It is interesting to note that fond as we may be of the image of God as the sternly just punisher of sinners, that is not the picture God draws…

Fourth Sunday of Lent – 30 March 2025   There are two very distinct images of the need for conversion in this Gospel passage. The restlessness, the hungers of the…