Liturgical Index
Second Sunday of Lent
Every year on this second Sunday of Lent we hear one of the accounts of the Transfiguration of Christ: the glory of the Lord is revealed, and... more »
When Sir Edmund Hilary died recently, the writers of his obituary concentrated, in the main and understandably, on his remarkable achievement as the... more »
For a long time the Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent has been the story of Christ's Transfiguration. Why, though, are we being reminded of the... more »
Each year the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus comes as the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent, taken in turn from each of the first three... more »
Mountaineering is a
transcendent experience. On a human level, we transcend the limitation of our
fears, and discover the tenacity of the human... more »
Our readiness to make sacrifices for those we claim to love is a good indicator of the true extent of that love. A sacrifice can take many forms;... more »
Cycle: B - 12th March 2006: Only Jesus
In Mark's Gospel we reach a turning point when Jesus went with his disciples to Caesarea Philippi. It is there that Peter professed his belief that... more »
Can you imagine what sort of film the director Steven Spielberg would make about Jesus? With his love of special effects, we can be certain that he... more »
Cycle: C - 24th February 2013: Expectant Glory
What we expect to hear in Lent are lessons on fasting, prayer, alms-giving and perhaps the corporal works of mercy. This Sunday however, as many have... more »
Cycle: C - 28th February 2010: The Last Word
Today's Gospel is the story of the Transfiguration, a very untypical example of a Lenten Gospel even if it has occupied this place in the worship of... more »
It was a about a week since Jesus has first told his disciples that he was destined to suffer, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and... more »
My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire. All said that I was wicked and perhaps I... more »
'Our commonwealth is in heaven', writes St Paul to the church at Philippi in our second reading. How much the word commonwealth must have meant to... more »
