24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. Sirach 27:30-28:7 – Romans14:7-9 – Matthew 18:21:35. Today’s readings draw our attention to the interconnected themes of forgiveness and mercy. Our Lord Jesus Christ emphasised that the practical demonstration of mercy and forgiveness
If He Listens… You Have Won Back A Brother
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. Ezekiel 33:7-9 – Romans 13:8-10 – Matthew 18:15-20. Today’s readings are on the theme of reconciliation. The dictionary definition of ‘reconciliation’ is ‘the re-establishment of friendly relations’ with people. The function of reconciliation
Suffering and the Christian Life
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. Jeremiah 20:7-9 – Romans 12:1-2 – Matthew 16:21-27. Today’s readings are about the suffering that every Child of God will experience. After conferring on Peter the authority of the Church, which is about
You are the Christ
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. Isaiah 22:19-23 – Romans 11:33-36 – Matthew 16:13-20. Jesus and the disciples were in the region of Caesarea Philippi in the Golan Heights. Caesarea Philippi (also known as Tiberias) overlooks a large rock
The Glorious Assumption – Our Joyful Hope
The Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, Year A. Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6,10 – 1Corinthians 15:20-26 – Luke 1:39-56. The Church asserts the dogma that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life,
The Lord Comes In A Gentle Breeze
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. 1 Kings 19:9-13 – Romans 9:1-5 – Matthew 14:22-33. Jesus had foreseen that, despite the miracle of the Feeding of the 5000, He – the Living Bread from heaven – would be rejected
My Part To Play
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