Fr Dominic writes: Delve deeper!
The Sermon on the Mount should not be seen as a catechism, but rather a powerful exhortation , intended to convince all who hear it to take heed and follow its practical imperatives and...
The Sermon on the Mount should not be seen as a catechism, but rather a powerful exhortation , intended to convince all who hear it to take heed and follow its practical imperatives and...
The Lord says that we are supposed to be the “salt of the earth” and “the light of the world” . In fact it’s a compliment we use today when we say someone is...
In the Gospel today Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount , beginning with the Beatitudes. Through these he is enlarging our view of the world. We live in a world captivated by bad...
The trouble is that we want the kingdom but not the reforming. Its like those who want the elected office, but not the campaign; who want the meal, but not the cooking; who want...
The vocation everyone sees is the obvious part of it. But hidden within it is a deeper purpose that is not always known to us. We cannot choose it. We cannot plan for it....
With this feast of the Baptism of the Lord, our Church season of Christmas comes to a close because the baby has become a man. Jesus’’ baptism occurred about a quarter of a century...
Christmas is about gifts and presents. Around Christmas the shops are filled until late in the evening with shoppers who delayed buying their gifts. In the end hardly anyone can escape the pressure to...
A story is told about a School Christmas Pageant in which the boy playing Joseph became ill and was not able to perform. They did not replace him and nobody noticed. Nobody missed Joseph....
This is really an astonishing question that John The Baptist gives to his followers to ask Jesus. He is now in prison because he challenged Herod on his marriage to his brother’s wife Herodias....