Liturgical Index
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Christians are people of hope. That is one of our distinguishing
marks. Perhaps we don't normally think of ourselves like that. Others think... more »
Imagine the scenario: an older brother or sister is desperately trying to get a recalcitrant toddler to co-operate. Maybe the toddler won't get up... more »
When we are not able to be there for some important occasion in the life of a friend or family member---a marriage, a baptism, a birthday or the... more »
I was once visiting a friend who was a day patient in a hospital waiting for a scan. As it turned out, the scan was to reveal the lung cancer that... more »
Same say that public speaking is an art of keeping a distance from one’s listeners. A good orator, like a trained fencer, is able to close the... more »
Cycle: B - 17th May 2009: God is Love
'God is love' (1 John 4.8): this verse must be the most quoted in the New Testament. Pope Benedict XVI took it as the theme of his first encyclical,... more »
In this week's reading from the Acts of the Apostles we see how the Good News has spread from its origin in Jerusalem and has now reached the coast... more »
Today's gospel reading is an excerpt from what St John tells us that Jesus said to his disciples just before he went out into the night to be... more »
Cycle: C - 5th May 2013: Home Making
Home means different things to different people. For some people, home is just a place where we sleep. It provides a safe haven from the world and... more »
Today's readings relate to the past, the present and the future of Christ's people. The first reading gives us the moment in the earliest days of he... more »
It is a commonplace that most of those who were first attracted to Christianity were from the lower ranks of their society. 'Consider your own call',... more »
Father Vincent McNabb has been dead for sixty years, but some of his sayings are still remembered. To his Dominican brethren he once said:Our priory... more »
Cycle: C - 20th May 2001: A Homely God
Many's the time I've been asked to bless a newly-built house. The query 'Do I have to be present at the blessing?' comes as a surprise. It would seem... more »
