Sixth Sunday in Easter Reflection
A moment of insight and suddenly I am touched by an 800-year-old lament. St Francis, roaming the streets of his beloved Assisi, the streets that contained the dwellings of his family, his friends, and...
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Fifth Sunday in Easter Reflection
Yes, but… And now comes the bad news; you’re not good enough; your efforts didn’t quite make the grade and there, there goes love flying out of the window to perch on someone else’s...
Fourth Sunday of Easter Reflection
To make ourselves known is always the first step of any relationship, the gift of Love. This requires self-knowledge, truth, authenticity, and vulnerability. When we know another person and are known by that person...
3rd Sunday of Easter Reflection
I am going fishing. Peter, called away from your fishing boats to become a fisher of men; how quickly you forget. Peter, first among the followers of Jesus and first among equals, you were...
Divine Mercy Sunday Reflection
The heart pounding threat of retribution; “just you wait until your father gets home!” When mom use the term ‘father’ instead of ‘dad’, we knew we were in for the high jump, ‘father’ was...
Easter Sunday Reflection
Together as humble people of hope, as people of the resurrection, we have journeyed with Jesus through the chaos, the pain and the bloodshed of Good Friday and the hushed Holy Saturday and into...
Palm Sunday Reflection
God is the great storyteller. Gods’ story is one that begins with the Word that speaks order out of the chaos, brings order out of disorder. When we gaze into the night sky, we...
Fifth Sunday in Lent Reflection
What’s in a Name? We all know the experience, hearing our name across a crowded noisy room. In the study of cognitive psychology this is known as the ‘cocktail party effect’. Someone mentions our...
Fourth Sunday in Lent Reflection
One single sip of God’s Mercy and our lives change for ever, but it is also possible to forsake God’s Mercy. We can block this Mercy, refusing the gift of Love, the gift of...
3rd Sunday in Lent Reflection
We live in a world of restless anxiety where much of our relationships are based on the commercialisation of love, the Babylon effect. Our cherished world of winners and losers bases integrity upon expediency,...
First Sunday of Lent Reflection
Lent is a time to gain new strength, to free ourselves of our paranoia, our illusions and fears. This is why we follow Jesus on a journey into the wilderness, away from the noise...
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
From the soil of the earth, we find the roots of who we are in our family trees. Yet, is it possible for us to see ourselves as we truly are? Jesus calls on...
