Reflections from the Pastor

Mass reading for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord:Acts 1.1-11 Psalm 47.1-2, 5-8 Ephesians 1.17-23 Matthew 28.16-20 Do any of us enjoy fear…

Mass readings for the 6th Sunday of Easter:Acts 8.5-8, 14-17 Psalm 66.1-7, 16, 20 1 Peter 3.15-18 John 14.15-21 In the first reading we return…

Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter:Acts 6.1-7 Psalm 33.1-2, 4-5, 18-19 1 Peter 2.4-9 John 14.1-12 We heard a story from the Book…

Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Easter:Acts 2.14a, 36b-41 Psalm 23.1-6 1 Peter 2.20b-25 John 10.1-10 In the cycle of Easter celebrations, we come…

Easter Sunday of last year, I observed that this day challenges us. The question is put: is it true? And then we have the flurry…

Resurrection of Lazarus by Duccio di Buoninsegna (from the Maesta Altarpiece, c.1308) Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent:Ezekiel 37.12-14 Psalm 130.1-8 Romans 8.8-11…

Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare):1 Samuel 16.1b, 6-7, 1-13 Psalm 23.1-6 Ephesians 5.8-14 John 9.1-41 Blindness is recurring theme of the…

Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday in Lent:Exodus 17.3-7 Psalm 95.1-2, 6-7, 9 Romans 5.1-2, 5-8 John 4.5-42 Today’s gospel is an excellent example of…

Genesis 12.1-4 Psalm 33.4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2 Timothy 1.8b-10 Matthew 17.1-9 We all live with expectations. There are those immediate mundane ones: that we’ll…