Reflection on the Readings for 12 Jan 2025: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Titus 2:11-14,3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16,21-22 Prepare in the wilderness a way for the Lord Last week, we read about Jerusalem as…
Reflection on the Readings for 05 Jan 2025: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Feast of the Magi is not celebrated as a separate feast…
Reflection on the Readings for 29 Dec 2024: 1 Samuel 1:20-22,24-28; 1 John 3:1-2,21-24; Luke 2:41-52 On this feast of the Holy Family, we are reminded that we are all…
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in…
The other day, I heard Ian Bassin saying in an interview that the “lack of accountability by the powerful has been a galvanising political force over the last 15-25 years”.…
Reflection on the Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 22 Dec 2024: Micah 5:1-4; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 On this fourth Sunday of Advent, the Sunday before Christmas, we…
Reflection on the Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent, 15 Dec 2024: Zephaniah 3:14-18; Isaiah 12: Philippians 4:4-7; Is61:1(Lk4:18); Luke 3:10-18 The third Sunday of Advent is the third…
Reflection on the Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent, 08 Dec 2024: Baruch 5:1-9: Philippians 1:4-6,8-11; Luke 3:1-6 The Second Sunday of Advent is sometimes called the Sunday of…
Reflection on the Readings for the First Sunday of Advent, 01 Dec 2024: Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28 and 21:34-36. The first of December, the first Sunday of…
Reflection on the Readings for Christ the King, 24 Nov 2024: What does it mean to be a king? Usually, kings gain power through inheriting their position, being born as…