The two people walking to Emmaus were evidently followers of Jesus. They don’t appear anywhere else in the Gospel. We don’t hear about them before or after this incident. We only know the name...
A striking feature about this Gospel scene is that the Risen Christ retained the scars on the passion on His body. It’s quite extraordinary. Jesus had a transformed, exalted, glorious risen body that could...
Sometimes in the Gospel, there is a single detail that tells the whole story. There is such a detail in this Gospel reading that goes to the very heart of Easter. They came to...
Very often when we are asked about our beliefs, our faith, our religion we can happily answer that we believe in God, we are Christian and we are Catholic. This seems straightforward but it...
It is much more than an intellectual acceptance. Jesus said, “Not everybody who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do the will of God”. In other...
In the Gospel reading Jesus and the Samaritan seem to be talking about drinking water but it is more than that. The conversation we overhear is not just about her but very much about...
The first signs of spring can be seen outside and its feels like the Parish is springing back into action as well. Our recent Pasta & Pancake party was well attended and the children...
If you are reading this on the first Sunday of Lent then you are in the fifth day of observing the Lenten Season. Did you make a resolution to fast from something?, take something...
The story is told of a Holy old man who used to meditate every morning under a large tree on the banks of the river Ganges in northern India. The place he chose was...