Love one another… Love one another as I have loved you! I wonder how obedient we are, on a day-to-day basis, to this command of Jesus? It is certainly easy to be obedient to this call with people who share our views, our faith and our culture. And it isn’t Read More... from 5th Sunday of easter – 28th April...
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Month: April 2013
21st April 2013 – 4th Sunday Of Easter C
I am an avid reader. I recently read a series of books (the Tomorrow series) written for young adults by Australian Author, John Marsden. The series depicts and Australia which is infiltrated and taken over by soldiers from another country… on the grounds that they (the “others”) have little space Read More... from 21st April 2013 –...
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3rd Sunday of Easter C – 14th April 2013
I have been continuing to reflect on last week’s gospel about Thomas who needed to see the evidence of the risen Christ for himself. How I love his honesty! As one young adult put it this week – “Why wouldn’t you doubt? Would you believe it if I told you Read More... from 3rd Sunday of Easter C – 14th April...
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2nd Sunday of Easter – 7th April 2013
In the movie, The Mission, one of the leading characters is converted from being a slave-trader of Brazilian Indians to a Jesuit priest. But he insists on doing penance, dragging a heavy bundle through the jungle back to the Indians he used to enslave. Once back, in a dramatic, cliff-side Read More... from 2nd Sunday of Easter – 7th April...
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Easter – 31st March 2013
It is said an apostle is one who bears witness to the risen Jesus. Much is made (by recent scholars) of the fact that, as it was the women who first discovered the empty tomb and concluded that Jesus had risen… the women in Luke’s gospel are the church’s first Read More... from Easter – 31st March...
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Palm/Passion Sunday – 23rd March 2013
There is something to be said about the importance of being welcomed at the end of a journey… to see a familiar face in the crowd rather than strangers … the face/s of people who are glad or excited to see you. I am sure that there was an element Read More... from Palm/Passion Sunday – 23rd March...
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