
Reflection for the week: The parable of the lamps
Every Christian is meant to be a lamp carrier – a bearer of the light of Christ to a darkened world, but like the bridesmaids in today’s gospel, we sometime allow the precious light...
Every Christian is meant to be a lamp carrier – a bearer of the light of Christ to a darkened world, but like the bridesmaids in today’s gospel, we sometime allow the precious light...
There is no reflection this week, I’m sorry, I haven’t the heart to go through Fr Dominic’s “Holy” books to find something suitable, so please allow me the indulgence of a few words of...
One of the greatest things we can give another person is our word. It is easy to give & some people are very generous with their word, promising the sun, moon & stars but...
Our natural reaction to today’s parable is that those who worked the longest, should have received the most pay. But this isn’t about justice, its about God’s call & our response. Historically it explains...
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...