Please read Br Michael’s reflection for Sunday September 15th All are Welcome… You may remember that two Sundays ago, we read the gospel of Jesus eating a meal with the Pharisees. He challenged them about who they invited to their meals and how they treated others, especially those who were sick and poor. This Sunday’s...

Please read Br Michael’s reflection for Sunday September 8th The demands of being a follower of Jesus today It’s not very often that we hear Jesus speaking about people hating each other! Normally he asks us to love each other as he loves us, but this clearly not the case in today’s gospel. He bluntly...

Gospel Reflection For Sunday September 1st: Humility and Hospitality  When we read any of the gospels, we can clearly see that Jesus loved to eat, drink and to socialise with people from all walks of life. In the gospel this Sunday, Jesus has gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading...

The first shall be last…  Imagine the scene: you’re standing for some time in the queue in the post office or supermarket waiting you turn to be served.  The manager then brings a person from the back of the queue and serves them before you. Imagine the anger and frustration you would feel. Well, this...

The disturbing words of Jesus Nobody could argue with or disagree with the loving, peaceful, forgiving and compassionate Jesus. We are all very familiar with the gentle and tender image of Jesus, the Good Shepherd. However, there is another side to Jesus. We recall that when his own disciples wanted to stop the children from...

The Heart of the matter… When on holidays with my mother at home, we watch those television programmes about antiques; you know the ones. People bring all manner of objects from their homes and they present them to the experts for a considered opinion. They do so in the hope that their family heirloom is...

When is enough enough?  We all know that from looking at the advertisements on television, from reading the glossy magazines that come with our papers, not to mention social media, that we are overwhelmed with people trying to sell us so many things and products. We are often told and sold the message that unless...

Lord, teach us to pray  We all know that because of our very busy lives, there are so many demands being made on our time. I often hear people say things like, ‘there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the week!’ When this happens to us, we can often forget about what...

Praying and Doing…  Let me start with a very honest disclaimer: this is the one Gospel that I really don’t agree with Jesus!! It’s a very short, but equally important gospel and it does contain many riches. Jesus goes to see his very close friends, Mary and Martha – Lazarus is their brother. From what...

Who is my neighbour? The Good Samaritan is a gospel with which we are all familiar. Even when we hear the phrase ‘Good Samaritan’ we automatically think of someone who does a good and kind deed for someone who is need. But as always, when Jesus first told this parable, it was a very radical...