17th Sunday Reflection
THE ACID TEST – A QUESTION OF FAITH – (John 6:1-15) Jesus continues his teaching about faith… ‘Amen, amen, I tell you that whoever hears my word...
Author: Fr John Allen Green OFM
16th Sunday Reflection
LIFE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT – (Mark 6:30-34) – Perhaps you are feeling cheated, wronged, or indignant… You are not alone! From the smallest daily barbs, “They...
15th Sunday Reflection
THE GIFT OF PARADOX AT THE HEART OF MYSTERY – Mark 6:7-13 The view is obstructed; the way forward is unclear. Now we are given a choice,...
14th Sunday Reflection
CHOOSING LOVE IN THE FACE OF FEAR – Mark 6:1-6 Fear is life’s natural avoidance and defence mechanism that guides creatures away from danger, seeking to avoid...
13th Sunday Reflection
THE WAY FORWARD: THE OPTIMISM OF FAITH & TRUST – (Mark 5:21-43) Indifference is not an option; we touch the great mysteries of our human journey, life...
12th Sunday Reflection
LOVE RESTORES OUR DIGNITY – (Mark 4:35-41) – And they were afraid, enormously afraid… Do not be afraid! … The angel speaks to Mary… Do not be...
11th Sunday Reflection
OUR LIVES REFLECT THE COSMOS – (Mark 4:26-34) The first step of wisdom; beginning always again, to know that I do not know. The disciples who...
Corpus Christi Reflection
REMEMBRANCE & THE SHAPE OF LITURGY (Mark 14:12-16,22-26) Millennia of slavery, serfdom, indentured labour; this is the debris of our history, millions of bodies deemed insignificant, cognitively deficient, without...
Pentecost Sunday Reflection
HEALING HISTORY (John 15:26-27,16:12-15, alternative John 20:19-23) The becoming of history flows in our souls. Each of us has a place in the ongoing unfolding of the...
Ascension of the Lord Reflection
Blessing Creation The Great Commission: And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation’. We want to...
6th Sunday of Easter Reflection
FINDING THE ORIGIN OF LOVE – John 15:9-17 Love is not our intrinsic nature. Somewhere along the timeline of our human development, we lost our connectivity....
5th Sunday of Easter Reflection
CONNECTIVITY AND POWER “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every...
