Friends, This week, the readings invite us to celebrate our ‘unbounded admiration’ for the Lord, who ‘keeps faith with us forever’ and is worthy of our praise – the Psalmist sings. Our God makes no distinction between classes of people,…
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Friends, This week’s readings challenge us to reflect on how much the word of God influences our lives. In the first reading, Moses explains to the people that obeying the laws in the commandments will provide them with life in the land promised…
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Friends, This Sunday, the readings invite us to consider honestly the depth of our love for the Lord. The same challenging questions once put to the Israelites by Joshua and later to the disciples by Jesus are being asked of…
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Friends, The readings for this Sunday tell us of the nourishment that comes from heaven and of our need to draw everlasting life from our relationship with Jesus – as well as pursuing wise and Spirit-filled paths in life. The first…
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Friends, This Sunday’s readings show God’s loving kindness and care for us, calling us to live with love. The Psalmist invites us to ’Taste and see that the Lord is good.’ We, too, can sing our praises to the Lord, who always…
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Friends, The liturgy for this Sunday builds on the theme of Eucharistic Communion that we began to explore last week in St John’s Gospel. Today, we are invited to be transformed by the Bread of Life, made flesh in Jesus,…
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Friends, This week’s readings focus on the generosity of the Lord, who feeds his children physically and spiritually ‘till they want no more’. In the First Reading, Elisha, the man of God, feeds a hundred people with only twenty barley loaves….
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Friends, The shepherding care of God is a central theme of today’s readings. This divine shepherding brings reconciliation and ends false separation. In the first reading, Jeremiah shows great courage as he castigates the rulers of his day, describing them…
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Friends, Our readings this week invite us to reflect on the wonder of being chosen to be part of God’s plan. In the First Reading, we hear how Amos, a shepherd, responds to God’s call to bear witness. Despite not being welcomed,…
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Friends, Today’s readings encourage us to trust in God’s grace, for God’s power is at its strongest even when we are at our most weak. In the Gospel, Jesus has left Capernaum, the scene of many ‘mighty deeds,’ and headed for…
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