Ordinary time week 12, Gn 17:1-9,15-22, Mt 8:1-4 “If you want to you can cure me?” “Of course, I want to!” said Jesus. This has been the...

Ordinary time week 12, Lk 1:57-66,80 Saint John the Baptist has two feasts: in August to celebrate his death and in June to celebrate his...

Ordinary time, week 12, Gn 15,1-12, 17-18; Mt 7,15-20 We have heard today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us a practical way by which we can...

Ordinary time week 12, Mt 10, 34-39 St John Fisher (1469 - 1535) was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1469. He studied theology in...

Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,24-34 Celebrating the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary emphasizes certain values to which contemporary...

Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,19-23 Anyone concerned about the future of the planet is aware of the importance of light for growth. The is...

Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,7-15 How to pray is a long-standing question. The Our Father is a mainstay prayer which teaches us to...

Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6:1-6,16-18 An Indian Master said the one most selfish one letter word is the letter “I”. Everything revolves...

Ordinary time sunday week 11th Mk 4,26-34 The Theologian, James Mackey, tells the story of a man who went on a hunting expedition in...

Ordinary time week 10, Jn 19,31-37 Devotion to the Sacred Heart, encouraged by mediaeval mystics and promoted by St Gertrude, St Margaret...

Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5, 20-26 We are mirrors or reflectors of God’ glory says St Paul. Anthony de Mello tells the following story:...

Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5,17-19 St Columba (521? - 597) (Gaelic Colm Cille) was born in Gartan, County Donegal, of royal lineage. He...

Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5,13 -16 A New York teacher decided to honour her high school seniors by telling each them how they had made a...

Sunday in Ordinary time 06/06/2021 Mk14,12-16, 22-26 It is not for some arbitrary reason that we celebrate Corpus Christi only after...

Ordinary time week 9. Mk 12, 35-37 The people listening to Jesus were filled with delight. This simple phrase reveals so much. Delight...

Ordinary time week 9 Tobit 6,10-11; 7,1-9; 8,4-9; Mk 12, 28-34 Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions (- 1885/7). Many Christians,...

Ordinary time week 9, Tobit 3,1-11; 16-17; Mk12, 18-27 Not only are the Sadducees more interested in catching Jesus out, they are more...

Ordinary time week 9 Mt 5,13-19 Saint Justin, Martyr (- 165) was born at the beginning of the 2nd century in Nablus, Samaria, of a pagan...

Monday 31/05/2021 Luke 1,39-56 In Advent, we remember the waiting of the generations before us who searched and longed for the Messiah....

Ordinary time week 8 Ecc 51,17-27; Mk 11,27-33 Ecclesiasticus speaks of Wisdom, a gift of the Holy Spirit along with knowledge and...