Category: Fr Dominic Writes

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The first reading today pictures a king coming humbly to Zion, riding on a donkey, he is a messenger of peace. This prophesy was fulfilled on Palm Sunday when Jesus […]

Every year when our parish comes to the end of June we know that all of the First Holy Communion Celebrations have been completed, the Confirmation Candidates have been Confirmed […]