Why was Jesus put to death?Mar 15, 2024
In two weeks' time we will be celebrating the death of Jesus on Good Friday. We know that the death of Jesus on the Cross was the climax of his mission of total self-giving in love for each one of us Read more
Trust in the love of GodMar 14, 2024
This is quite a conversation between Moses and God as we read in today’s first reading from Exodus 32:7-14. God is upset because “your people” have made a calf of molten metal and are worshipping it as a god who brought them out of Egypt. Read more
Does a mother forget her baby ...?Mar 13, 2024
In the first reading today, Isaiah takes up the theme of a mother's love. '' Does a mother forget her baby at the breast, or fail to cherish the child of her womb? Read more
Waters that are not so life-givingMar 12, 2024
As I was reading the story in today’s reading from Ezekiel 47:1-9,12, about the angel making the prophet wade across the river and how he measured off a section which came to the prophet’s ankles and then his knees and then his waist and then to the point where the prophet could go no further, I couldn’t… Read more
A new heaven and a new earthMar 11, 2024
Today we hear how Isaiah announces that the Lord is creating a new heaven and a new earth in place of a sorrowful past. (Isaiah 65:17-21) His words remind me of a hymn that we often sang in Brazil. Read more
"Which is the first of the commandments?"Mar 08, 2024
Today in the liturgy we hear two wonderful readings that balance each other perfectly. Hosea tells us that it is God who begins his relationship with us. ''I will love them with all my heart. Read more
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