All you need is love… Whenever Valentine’s Day comes around, we are surrounded by an endless stream of love songs, poetry, films about love, chocolates and of course Valentine Day cards. There is absolutely nothing wrong in enjoying and celebrating romantic love. But sometimes, just sometimes it can seem to be a little too nice,...

Blind Bartimaeus calls out for help We have to be very careful not to simply assume that the ‘God’ of the Old Testament was angry, cruel and judgmental. The first reading this Sunday from the Prophet Jerimiah would suggest otherwise. This is a God who is personally and deeply concerned about his people. We are...

The Suffering Servant The first reading this Sunday is taken from the Prophet Isaiah. It is normally read on Good Friday during the Passion Liturgy. It is often called the ‘Suffering Servant.’ In it’s full version is describes the one who despite terrible suffering, abuse and betrayal remains loyal and faithful to God. By the...

The Rich Young Man In the gospels, there are many men and women that Jesus meets whose name we don’t know. In the gospel this Sunday, we meet one of them. Traditionally, we know three things about this person; he was rich, young and a man. How we know that he is young is not...

Jesus and the Young People In his three short years of his public activity and ministry Jesus went of out his way to seek out and find those who were ignored, rejected and often despised by others. He sat and ate with those others called sinners; he literally reached out to touch those who were...

Because of the advances in technology and social media, we know that we all live in a very fast moving and changing multi-religious and multi-cultural world. No matter where we live, we are surrounded by and living alongside people from all over the world. Each group has their own tradition, cultural, beliefs and religious practices....

Perhaps at times we would like to think that the first and very early followers of Jesus got on with each other all the time without any problems or disagreements; this would be a mistake! As they became more organised, certain of their members wanted to be in charge, in control and make all the...

When we were baptised, regardless of when or at what age, we were brought into the Family God and received the wonderful gift of faith. The faith we freely received was just a seed; it doesn’t grow and mature on it’s own. We have to nourish and nature it; we have to care for and...

There has been in the past the idea that God in the Old Testament was cold, harsh, angry and judgemental; this is not the case. The first reading from the Prophet Isaiah says to us; ‘Courage! Do not be afraid. God is coming to save you. The eyes of the blind shall be opened, the...

The first reading this Sunday is taken from the Old Testament; the Book of Deuteronomy. Moses, the great leader of the Israelites speaks to them and encourages them to keep the Law, the commandants which God had given them. These laws helped to guide and lead the people as they lived their lives as the...