Liturgical Index
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
Cycle: A - 16th October 2011: Render to God
Assyria and Babylon, the two monsters of Israel's
nightmares; the two-headed beast of their defeat and failure; the end of God's promise
that... more »
In the paper the other day someone wrote about the current economic crash as a 'crisis of faith': we had believed in the money markets as our... more »
Today's first reading and the Gospel reflect on the Jewish people living under two separate repressive regimes, which are five hundred years apart... more »
The question posed to Jesus in today's Gospel was a very important one for the Jewish people of his day. The Romans imposed a poll tax on all the... more »
There is a tendency for us to define ourselves by what we do, and not by what we are. ‘What do you do?’ is not just the Queen’s... more »
Jesus has already told his disciples about his coming suffering in disgrace and death on three different occasions; each time they fail to... more »
How surprising it is that the Apostle and Evangelist John should be one of those who fancied for himself a conspicuous place in the heavenly glory!... more »
Over twenty years ago, I arrived by train in Agrigento, in Sicily. Just outside this town lies the famous valley of the temples, a valley covered... more »
In the readings this weekend we are given some insight into how our requests to God relate to time, our time and God's time.
In both the reading... more »
To give any thought to religion is to find it difficult. It seems to fit less and less into the world we have learnt to understand. The old, clear... more »
Cycle: C - 17th October 2004: Done Speedily
Through radio, television, the internet, and many other means of communication, people in every corner of the globe can be in instant contact with... more »
The readings of today's Liturgy are meant to say something about one part of the God-man relationship, the part we call the 'prayer of... more »
