St Peters and Pauls Celebration.

My apologies for my absence this week but it is wonderful to be able to have a first hand greeting  with our new grandson. Meanwhile, prior to leaving I admit to a great deal of distress with regard to the most recent revelations of abuse in and through institutions connected with Read More... from 2nd Sunday After Pentecost – 2nd June...
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This week I am a little preoccupied. As I write this reflection it is Wednesday and my youngest grandson is a little over due and seems reluctant to be born. He is making his presence felt, especially for our poor daughter in law, Melanie, yet he is not yet here. Read More... from Trinity Sunday...
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The other morning a mobile phone rang disrupting a church service I was attending. It wasn’t the first time and I doubt it will be the last. I remember a particular funeral where one mans’ phone rang at least 3 times… Poor man had just received a new ‘phoe and Read More... from Pentecost 2013 – The Bible and the Mobile...
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This week we have celebrated the feast of Ascension. Unfortunately this feast falls on a Thursday so our celebrations only occur at our retirement homes so, as a parish, we tend to skip it and miss its significance. On the day of his ascension Jesus had completed his physical work Read More... from 7th Sunday of Easter C – 12th May...
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Love, Joy, Peace, Unity, Harmony, and Encouragement, these are just some of the gifts of the Spirit and indicators of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the midst of those who call upon the name of Jesus… those who live and serve under the banner of Christ. Last week Read More... from 6th Sunday of Easter C – 5th May...
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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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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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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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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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