Lent (24)

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

It is a sobering thought, isn’t it? We move through our days with plans and ambitions, with desires and expectations, and yet here we stand at the threshold of Lent, confronted with the stark reality of our mortality. …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

We stand at the gates of Lent—an annual invitation to rethink, reorient, and recommit ourselves to the path of God’s grace. This is no mere exercise of denial; it is, in its highest form, a spiritual pilgrimage—a journey into the …

There are moments in Scripture that do not simply invite reflection but demand a response. Today’s Gospel is one of them. It is not a parable wrapped in metaphor, nor a theological discourse to be dissected — it is the vision of the Last Judgment, where the King himself, …

Lent is a season of invitation. An invitation to slow down, to listen more closely, to recognize the quiet but persistent voice of God calling us to renewal. It is not a time for grand gestures or hollow sacrifices, but for real, lasting transformation — transformation that …

There is something about the city of Nineveh that lingers in the imagination. It was vast, powerful, prosperous — a city convinced of its own permanence. But in today’s reading from Jonah, we see a different Nineveh. A humbled Nineveh. A city shaken awake by the words of a …

Lent — this season we are called to — invites us, gently but firmly, to a journey not marked by the spectacle of grand gestures, but by the slow, steady persistence of a heart that listens. And in today’s Gospel, we are given an invitation from none other than our Lord …

There is a moment in every person’s life when they wonder, “Is it too late for me?” We see the weight of our mistakes, the words we wish we could take back, the opportunities lost, the bridges burned. We wonder if we’ve strayed too far, sinned too much, hurt too …

From the very beginning, God has called His people to be set apart. Not in privilege, not in status, but in holiness.

“You will be a people peculiarly His own, as He promised you.”

Israel was chosen—not to be superior, but to be a light to the nations. To show the world …

There are moments when the veil is lifted, when the familiar world cracks open, and we glimpse something more — something beyond.

Abraham stood under the vast expanse of the night sky, looking up at stars beyond number. He was old. His wife, Sarah, was beyond childbearing …

There are moments in life when a single decision changes everything, when the weight of a choice carries echoes into eternity. Today’s readings invite us into such a moment. They hold up a mirror, revealing not just who we are but who we are called to become.

The prophet …

On Wednesday, we heard from Brendan about how we should focus on our reconciliation with God, or rather, God’s reconciliation with us – and Brendan was right to remind us, as St Paul did, that “God has reconciled the human world to himself in Christ – fundamentally and …

Today’s readings talk about three things. We hear talk of prophesy in the first reading, a righteous spirit in the second reading, and death and resurrection in the Gospel, or in Lazarus’ case, resuscitation, from the dead. In a nutshell, we are witnesses to the promise of …

Today our readings are short, and they are basically inviting us to listen to God, and to notice that God has not abandoned us, but is always with us. We are simply called to respond to God’s presence and call in our lives.

I’m not sure if you remember the Gospel from last …

We’ve been making this journey during Lent where we’ve been asked to travel with Jesus into parched deserts and climb-up and down mountain-tops – and today our first reading is again in a desert where the Israelites, having escaped slavery in Egypt, are grumbling, so Moses …

Today I want to talk about the readings but I also want to say a few words about the past week in South Africa and how the readings have resonated with my experience of them. Today’s readings talk about three things. We hear talk of prophesy in the first reading, a righteous …

Today’s readings are about restoration and healing, and today, I hope, you have had some time to be restored and to at least begin to recognize areas where you might need God’s healing. After journeying with Moses up the mountain and seeing the burning bush and entering into …

On Wednesday this week we all gathered to receive ashes and were told to ‘repent and believe in the Gospel’ or to ‘remember that we are dust, and to dust we shall return’. Repent, Believe, Remember. These are good things to do during Lent as we prepare ourselves to celebrate …

Our readings this Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, speak of coming home. St Paul in our second reading speaks of Jesus appealing to us to be reconciled with God. The Jews, after their wanderings in the desert after leaving Egypt and being sustained through the manna from …

Today we celebrate Ash Wednesday, the day that around the world marks the beginning of Lent, the start of our long journey towards the resurrection at Easter. The prophet Joel says today, “Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly; gather the people. …

Today we celebrate Ash Wednesday, the day that around the world marks the beginning of Lent. Although Lent is often thought of as a time for repentance and penance – and it is certainly that – it is also a happy time because it is the way we prepare as Christians …

I think today in the readings we are being asked not to forget. This past Wednesday we all came together to receive ashes and mark the beginning of Lent. The Church offered two statements as the ashes were imposed. The first was ‘Repent, and believe in the Gospel’, …

Today I want to talk about the readings but I also want to say a few words about the past week in South Africa and how the readings have resonated with me experiencing this. Today’s readings talk about three things. We hear talk of prophesy in the first reading, a …

In Matthew’s Gospel which we have just heard and which really needs no explanation, the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus is a world-ending event. We are told of the violent shaking of the earth that was expected to announce the arrival of the end time. The …

Today’s rich readings all play on the themes of blindness and sight, darkness and light, fear and hope. In the first reading we see: how Samuel is initially blind to the choice of the Lord, preferring Eliab; and then we see how Jesse was blind to the possibility of his …