Liturgical Index
Third Sunday of Lent
Out of the heat haze in an arid landscape at noon figures emerge. Three or one. One or three. Abraham in the shelter of his tent, Sara his wife... more »
Cycle: A - 24th February 2008: Living Water
Being a typical Englishman I'm going to begin by talking about the weather!We rejoice when it's dry and complain when it rains. But in an arid... more »
Cycle: A - 27th February 2005: Making Space
There can be times when everything seems to be going wrong, or one enormous problem is overshadowing everything else. It could be because of illness... more »
The world is a wedding.So it is written in the Talmud (no, not The Tablet, silly!).The human quest for God begins in the soul -- even before birth --... more »
Today's Gospel records an act of violence. Jesus goes into the temple
and upsets the money-changers' tables. He drives the cattle and sheep
out... more »
The Gospel for today from St. John is sometimes called 'The cleansing of the Temple'. It is not just about the upsetting of the traders in the... more »
The ten commandments are part of a story, a story of slaves being set free and learning -- or not learning -- to live like free people.Quite often,... more »
The Liturgy of the Word today presents us with two partial but ultimately unsatisfactory ways of experiencing God. And by implication it contrasts... more »
The Holy Week liturgies of the passion which we will celebrate in a few weeks time include the reading and singing of the passion narratives. And... more »
Vegetation of all different sorts makes frequent appearances in the scriptures; between the Tree of Life in Genesis and the Tree of Life in... more »
My dear friends, many people in world today are unhappy for one reason or another. Even those who may often smile are at times just putting on a... more »
Cycle: C - 14th March 2004: The Fire
Somewhere buried under a pile of books, I suspect one of the piles which is buried under another pile of books, I have a book on the psychology of... more »
