Liturgical Index
Seventh Sunday of Easter
In the winter of 1978 I had finished my time at university
and was not gainfully employed. By this I mean, I wasn't doing any paid work,
since a... more »
One of life's most painful things can be the absence of someone we love. This is all the more acute when there is no discernible end to the... more »
Glory is for most of us a nebulous concept. What does it mean? How can God be glorified? What does it mean to give God glory?Yet in John's Gospel the... more »
From the disciples' brightest hour at Easter, the Gospel readings of recent weeks bring us back to their darkest hour, the eve of the crucifixion... more »
In John’s Gospel we hear a lot about ‘the world’, and it’s fair to say that what we hear is pretty negative. And... more »
In this today's gospel reading Our Lord is praying to the Father. In the reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the Apostles are gathered to make an... more »
My dear friends, today's Gospel recalls an unusual event. It is not the usual episode of Jesus healing or teaching. It is the unusual story of Jesus... more »
It is a remarkable thing that Jesus prayed. He who was God prayed. God prayed in his human nature, God the Son making intercession to God the... more »
Cycle: C - 16th May 2010: Ut Unum Sint
I look back on my nearly twenty-five years as a priest and wonder where all the time has gone. Nearly eighteen of those years were spent as part of... more »
Jesus prays in today's Gospel reading for all of us who come to believe him. He prays that we may be one. What does it mean for us to be one? The... more »
I pray that they may all be one.This, St John tells us, was the last request that Jesus made in the great prayer which he offered up to God his... more »
When was the last time you had a vision? When was the last time you saw into those distant realities of faith and hope and saw the heart and mind of... more »
