Fr Dominic Writes: Who is my neighbour?
Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan gives us a name for all those people who step forward and volunteer to help others. And there are many of them around. Most of us have had...
Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan gives us a name for all those people who step forward and volunteer to help others. And there are many of them around. Most of us have had...
This is an intriguing Gospel for several reasons. The first one is a detail at the beginning of this reading that goes by so quickly, we almost miss it. It says, “The Lord appointed...
With Mr. COVID 19 taking the impetus out of many of our activities for the last couple of years and them the difficulties with my health I feel that I need get my act...
Sometimes when we are faced with people’s needs and look at our own resources we can sit down in a state of depression, believing that we have nothing to give. The hunger of people...
We start in this period between the Ascension of Jesus and the descent of the Holy Spirit. A time of waiting that started out full of hope and joy but them turned. We find...
The words of Jesus in today’s Gospel reading are very familiar. We have heard them hundreds of times. “Love one another. That is how people will know you are my disciples.” Let us reflect...
The first reading today tells of the opposition the apostles encountered from the Jewish authorities. This was not a surprise and had been predicted by Jesus. The apostles refused to be silenced; always the...
We start Holy Week with Palm Sunday. The liturgy starts with a procession of Palms and people singing Hosanna in the Highest. We are commemorating the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The people...
This parable could also be called the Parable of the Older Son or the Parable of the forgiving Father. Each of these persons speaks to us in different, but equally powerful ways. They mark...