March 10God So Loved the World 2 Chronicles 36. 14 – 17a, 19 – 23Psalm 137Ephesians 2. 4 – 10John 3. 14 – 21 We are half way through March and already there is light in the evenings beyond six o’clock. We have longer daylight to look forward to, especially when the...
Exodus 20: 1 – 17Responsorial Psalm: 191 Corinthians 1.18, 22 – 25John 2. 13 – 25 Christ arrives at the Jerusalem Temple for the Passover. The temple was under construction for almost half a century. To gain admission into the temple one had to pay half a shocked. To...
Feb 25Genesis 22. 1 – 2, 9 – 13, 15 – 18Psalm 116Romans 8. 31b – 35, 37Mark 9. 2 – 10 In today’s first reading Abraham is portrayed as being willing to let go of what was most precious to him, the only son of his old age. In being willing to let his son go to God, he...
Genesis 9. 8 – 15Psalm: 251 Peter 3. 18 – 22Mark 1. 12 – 15Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is the Holy One. How can the Holy One, the Son of God, betempted? The temptation of Jesus is mind-boggling. What sense can we make of it? LastSunday we were left with the...
Jesus disciples must have recoiled when they saw the man approaching. Everyone feared the dreaded disease the he was obviously suffering from. Sure, showing signs of leprosy would make someone ritually unclean (Leviticus 13:46). But it was also deadly and thought to...
The Lord Heals the Broken – heartedJob 7: 1 4, 6 – 71 Cor 9: 16 – 19, 22 – 23Mark 1: 29 – 39. We are all familiar with suffering in one shape or form, whether it is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual suffering. There is no getting away from suffering; it...
