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Maundy Thursday is a day of turmoil. We are confronted with the stark reality of Jesus’ betrayal set against the act of love and remembrance Jesus leaves his disciples with – washing their feet and instituting what we now celebrate … Read More »
Luke 19:28-40 Today is Palm Sunday, a day for marches, rallies and statements on peace, refugees, poverty – almost anything really. It is not Good Friday despite the tradition in our church to read the passion gospel today. No wonder … Read More »
John 12:1-11 Today’s Gospel reading provides us a number of different options. We could go with the traditional reading of this passage and celebrate the spiritual insight of Mary into the future destiny of Jesus, we could discuss the seemingly … Read More »
Luke 15:11-32 Today we have the Parable of the Prodigal Son as it is traditionally known. The story of a wayward and self-centred young man who takes all that is his and leaves the family home and strides off into … Read More »
Luke 13:31-35 “We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create … Read More »
Luke 13:6-9 How do we respond to another catastrophic event? Drought, floods, fires, child abuse and the mosque shooting in Christchurch all challenge us to think about the question, why them and why not me? Are they more sinful than … Read More »
Luke 9:28-36 (37-43) In one of my favourite Disney animations, “Monsters Inc.”, “the city of Monstropolis in the monster world is powered by energy from the screams of human children. At the Monsters, Inc. factory, skilled monsters employed as “scarers” … Read More »
Luke 6:27-38 Last Sunday we gathered here with a large number of people from other faiths and cultures. Many of these groups have, in the past and for some, the not so distant past, been at war with each other, … Read More »
Luke 16 Letter to young person in formation from the supervisory priest. I quote: “A vocation to Holy Orders is not a job. It requires personal sacrifice and application to hard work and long hours. It means loving, giving and … Read More »
John 2:1-11 Today we turn to the story of Jesus as told in the Gospel of John. Here we encounter the first miracle Jesus apparently did – turning water into wine at a community wedding in Cana. Jesus is invited … Read More »