What happened on that mountain of the Transfiguration was an explosion of unearthly, “Unborrowed” light that shone around & from within Jesus. The Transfiguration was, & is, a moment of challenge & promise to...
God devised a secret treasure for people & he gave it to the angels to bring to earth instructing them to hide it so that people would have to search for it & might...
This story of the wheat and the weeds would be very familiar to the people of Palestine. When wheat was planted and started to row, weeds would sprout too. The seeds were mixed with...
A seed is a marvellous thing ; it can make barren ground fruitful, but can also be weak & vulnerable, it depends entirely on the soil in which it is sown. If the soil...
The first reading today pictures a king coming humbly to Zion, riding on a donkey, he is a messenger of peace. This prophesy was fulfilled on Palm Sunday when Jesus rode into Jerusalem, unarmed...
Every year when our parish comes to the end of June we know that all of the First Holy Communion Celebrations have been completed, the Confirmation Candidates have been Confirmed and we are looking...
When Jesus sent the apostles out to proclaim his teaching openly and to witness to him before the world, he knew that they were fearful. And they had good reason to be fearful, knowing...
The Gospel shows us the character of Jesus. As he looks around at the harassed crowd, he feels compassion and pity. He sees a leaderless people, lost and unsure. They need help, so he...
Cardinal Hume recalled a incident that happened when he visited Ethiopia during the 1984-85 famine. He was taken to a settlement in the hills where people were waiting for food that was unlively to...