18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Isaiah 55:1-3 – Romans 8:35, 37-39 – Matthew 14:13-21. Sometimes, when we turn on the news, we hear distressing reports of famine. Not only do we hear of people starving, suffering and dying
Seeing the Bigger Picture
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. 1Kings 3:5, 7-12 – Romans 8:28-30 – Matthew 13:44-52. Rory was a clever, gifted and hard-working young student. He had a dream: it was to study chemistry at a top university, and he
Divine Leniency and the Human Response To It
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 – Romans 8:26-27 – Matthew 13:24-43. While I was undergoing formation in Nigeria, seminarians used to be sent out on ‘apostolic work experience’ every year. ‘Apostolic work experience’ is rather
Masses at St Peter’s
We are delighted that at last, we are able to celebrate Mass in public again.
Make My Heart Be Good Soil
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Isaiah 55:10-11 – Romans 8:18-23 – Matthew 13:1-23. In relating the Parable of the Sower, Our Lord used a picture to which every inhabitant of Palestine could relate. You need to be aware,
That Which is Hidden From the Physical Eye
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Zechariah 9:9-10 – Romans 8:9, 11-13 – Matthew 11:25-30. I bless you Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to
Men of Great Faith!
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Acts 12:1-11 – 2 Timothy 4:6-8 – Matthew 16:13-19. Today we celebrate the foundational figures of the Church, both of whom were martyred in Rome. St. Peter was a fisherman who was called