To forgive someone who has hurt or offended us is never easy, sometimes very difficult. Nevertheless, to forgive is to be in a position of strength, we are the injured one, we are doing...
The readings today could be seen as the Lord’s teaching about conflict resolution; what do you do if someone does something wrong to you? How is a Christian to handle it? Firstly, put the...
In last week’s Gospel’s reading Jesus called Peter “his rock”, this week, he calls him a tempter & asks him to leave. Peter has taken Jesus aside & tried to tell him what to...
When Jesus asked his Apostles “Who do say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus called him ’Rock’. Jesus says: “You are Peter and on...
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...