Like ripples in a pondApr 23, 2024
Today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles 11:19-26 is a revealing text about the spread of the early Church. The message about Jesus was carried across the western Mediterranean world, to the towns of Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch. It was inevitable. Read more
Holy Thursday 2024Mar 28, 2024
It is one thing to have the audacity to take bread and say, “This is my body” and then take the cup filled with wine and say, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood.” But it is quite another to wash the feet of a sister or brother. Read more
Why did Judas do what he did?Mar 27, 2024
Judas Iscariot had been a disciple of Jesus for several years yet in today's gospel (Matthew 26:14-25), we hear how he went to the chief priests and asked how much they would give him if he handed Jesus over to them. Read more
"Give people hope"Mar 22, 2024
On Thursday night a prominent politician gave his farewell speech as he retired from Parliament after many years of service. I found his final words inspiring Read more
The Abrahamic faithsMar 21, 2024
Abraham figures prominently in both readings (Genesis 17:3-9 and John 8:51-59) and the psalm (104) today. Read more
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