Mark’s Gospel starts directly with the Proclamation ‘the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the Prophet’. Mark in proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, fast forwards us to [...]

“Oh, that you would tear the heavens open and come down.” “Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.” Dove of peace During these 4 weeks of Advent, we prepare to celebrate God’s response to that plea when God [...]

  There are many names, titles and descriptions of God in the Bible, but in the readings of today’s liturgy we see Christ as King, Judge and Shepherd. We all have some sense of what Kingship and Royalty mean. It is sovereignty over the [...]

“To some he gave five talents, to another two and yet to another one talent ….” I think of talents more as gifts and blessings which I have received from God, all given freely and with love to everyone he has created. Yes, each [...]

Sacred Space reflection for the 32nd Sunday in ordinary time year A MT 25:1-13 Wisdom is a gift from God that we all can drink from freely. Christ is the fount of wisdom which we can drink from to refresh ourselves and be renewed. [...]

Readings: Malachi:1:14-2:2,8-10, Psalm 130,1Thessalonuans 2:7-9,13, Matthew 23:1-12 As always, scripture seems to know what is going on in our lives. The first part of the Synod is over, and, suitably, the demand made on us by today’s readings is that we are to be [...]

Matthew 22: 34- 40 Next Sunday’s gospel begins with the Pharisees hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees. They decide to get together to disconcert Jesus. One of them puts this question to Him  ‘Which is the greatest commandment of the law?’ Jesus answers [...]

Matthew 22: 15-21 Jesus in this passage is described as someone who is not ‘swayed’ by other people, a person of integrity who teaches ‘the way of God in accordance with the truth’.  And yet the Pharisees and the Herodians join forces and set [...]

(Isaiah 25:6-10; Ps 22:1-4; Phil 4:12-14;19-20; Mt 22:1-14) Flathúlacht (Lavishness) This is the last in a series of the parables of Jesus for the past few Sundays in which Matthew’s Gospel portrays God as a generous bestower of goodwill, as against human niggardliness: the [...]

In this Sunday’s Gospel passage, continuing on from last week, we find Jesus in combat mode. His actions and authority have been questioned by the chief priest and elders of the people and he responds to their challenge, not with an answer but with [...]

We live in a world where, whatever we are doing, we have directions to follow. We have to make choices. So too on our faith-journey, we make choices in how we live our lives. We have a God –given gift of being able to [...]

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.” (Is. 55:8) This quote from the first reading for Sunday says it all. Jesus was well aware of this, and the story we read in today’s Gospel, [...]

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time This Sunday’s readings did not seem at first sight to be easy to write about,  all about correcting our neighbour’s faults and sins out of love.  What a tough and unpleasant task! Since our earliest days we have been [...]

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel may not be a comfortable one for us. It presents a challenge to take up the cross, to take up a cross for the sake of the Good News and not to be like Peter, a block [...]

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time XXI Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario El evangelio del Domingo 21, Mateo 16,13_20 nos convoca ante una pregunta y una certeza, la pregunta de Jesús hacia sus discípulos “quién dice la gente quien soy yo” y también qué decimos [...]

The theme of The Stranger – the person who comes from a different culture - runs through all three Readings this weekend. This seems very apt in the context of today’s world where we are challenged to open our hearts and our borders to [...]

When it comes to the most wonderful time of the year, the first weeks of August are up there with Christmas. For most of us, it is finally time for a break and that long-awaited holiday (if you already had one, hopefully you can [...]

Domingo XIV del Tiempo Ordinario Jesús entra montado en un burro Este domingo se nos invita a reflexionar sobre como Dios camina à nuestro lado en todo momento. En esta primera lectura se describe el modo de entrada (cabalgando en un burro) [...]

`If you want to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood’. Daniel Berrigan’s quote seems apt for Chapter 10 of Matthew’s gospel. Here we see Jesus sending the twelve ‘on mission with instructions’. He gives them some pointers about how to behave but [...]

Jeremiah was only 20 years old when called as a Prophet, so he was young. For forty years he warned all in Jerusalem that unless they turned back to God they would be captured and taken captive to Babylon, and 4,600 Jews were exiled [...]

Exodus 19:2-6 Ps.99:2-3,5 Rom. 5:6—11 Matt. 9:36-10:8 Pondering over the scriptures for this 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the themes of God’s love and mercy, being alert to God’s voice calling to us through the actions and circumstances of daily living, and the faithfulness [...]

When I was young, one of the highlights of the year was the Rathnew Corpus Christi Procession. It appeared that people came from all over to attend. For weeks beforehand the excitement in the village was tangible. Hedges were trimmed, places were cleaned up, [...]

Many of us retain in our mind phrases relating to God. When things have gone well for us, we have said, “Thanks be to God”. We experience a pleasant unexpected happening and we may say. Glory be to God”. When someone dies people often [...]

Evangelio De Juan, 20,19-23 La escena del Evangelio del día de hoy- día tan especial que es Pentecostés, donde Jesús se presenta a sus amigo/as y les regala el don de la paz, diciéndoles “la paz este con ustedes”, hoy también a nosotros/as nos [...]