Wednesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time (2)

Abram stands in the night, empty-handed and ageing. He has left behind all that was familiar. He has followed a voice into a land he does not yet understand. And now, he waits.

Then God says, gently, as if to a friend: “Look up. Count the stars, if you can. So shall your …

“Beware false prophets” Jesus says. For it is “by their fruits [that] you will know them”.

Actions speak louder than words, and hypocrisy and inauthenticity should be warning signs for Christians in their leaders.

You will recall how yesterday Steve intended to intimate how …