Five weeks of lent have passed by, bringing us closer to the end of lent and towards Easter when we will rejoice over our growth and renewed relationship with Jesus. It is also a time when we start to reflect on how far we have come in this journey and evaluate how much of the goals that we set for [...]
Today’s readings calls us to live and strive as true disciples of Christ, spreading peace, joy, love and hope to the people whom our Lord sends our way. The use our tongue could be a weapon of destruction or antidote to a grieving soul. A well-trained tongue is a by-product of well-trained mind. When we speak to others what are [...]
The totality of Jesus’ forgiveness is immeasurable. We witness the mercy and compassion of the Lord in the readings of this week - from Jesus’ mercy towards the adulterous woman in the Gospel, to St Paul’s testimony of himself as a forgiven sinner, to Isaiah’s proclamation of new life in God by leaving our sinful past behind. We are reminded [...]
Are you seeking to be a better version and to be who you are made to be? God has planted within our hearts a desire to make a difference in the world, and a desire to make the world a better place. While we will certainly never understand the fullness of God’s intent, we are nonetheless drawn naturally towards the [...]
The 1st reading reveals to us that the Lord’s plans will be carried out in His time; a plan to prosper his people. It took them 40 years to realise this. In the 2nd reading, says that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person and the old life is gone. It is a gift from God, [...]
Moses was curious about the bush that was burning but not burnt. It would make any of us curious but not everyone of us daring enough to have a closer look. Sometimes we prefer to remain afar and wonder at what is going on. Our faith in the Lord invites us to be involved and not to be mere [...]
The transfiguration is an example of what will happen when we walk in the ways of the Lord with faith. A faith that is not tested, is a faith that is rather new. A faith that has withstood the trials of time and events, is a faith that is certain. The transfiguration is an example of what we will be [...]
The first Gospel of Lent was on temptation and in our community prayer session, we were asked to think about our own life’s difficulties and challenges, and how the Word of God gives our stumblings direction. And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; truly, I would flee [...]
Let us just imagine for a moment… that we can… Dream Big Dreams In Our Lord for Our Parish If we allow our Lord to transform each of us in our preparation during lent, what could it be like at Easter, when we renew our baptismal commitment to our Lord at Easter in 6 weeks’ time? Could we become a [...]
“Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics and of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil.” – Pope Francis, Fratelli tutti, 261 On the 24th of February 2022, the world was greeted with the dismal news that Russia had commenced a full-scale military invasion on Ukraine. [...]