POINTING TO THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, the readings this 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A invite us to think about how God’s word works in our lives.  Each reading uses simple images from the world around us. Rain, seeds, soil, and harvest all show how God’s word brings life and hope. These readings remind us that God always works with purpose. In the 1st reading from the Prophet Isaiah, we hear h...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters on this 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, our readings invite us to reflect on the theme of humility and the gentle power of God’s love.  In the First reading from Zechariah, we are presented with a beautiful image of a king who comes to us, not in strength or military might like the world wants, but humble and riding on a donkey. The kingdom of God is different....

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Send us Fan Mail Rev Deacon Patrick Tifu reflects on the readings of this sunday, the meaning and implications of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity on this Solemnity of the Most HolyTrinity. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost - the day nearly 2000 years ago, when Jesus fulfilled His promise and sent the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles Our lady and all the other disciples to assist them continue His mission here on earth - His mission to save souls.  The beautiful thing is that the Holy Spirit has not stopped working. The Spirit still brings...

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Send us Fan Mail On this Sunday we celebrate what we are here on earth - pilgrims. This Sunday the readings remind us that our true home is not in this life - a reminder that this life is a journey - a pilgrimage to our final destination- our homeland in Heaven.  In the 1st reading the Apostles after witnessing the Ascension of Jesus, made the journey from the mountain to Jerusalem. In the 2nd rea...

Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, during this joyful season of Easter, we continue to celebrate those brothers and sisters who entered or were fully welcomed into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Please reach out to those in your Parish to celebrate with them, offer your continued prayers for them, or invite them to parish events.  Accompanying one another in the faith is essential, the readings...

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Send us Fan Mail This Sunday the readings invite us to reflect on our identity as a community of believers and the hope we have in Christ  In the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles we see the early church facing challenges as they grew. Appointing Deacons was response to ensure no one was neglected The 2nd reading from the letter of St Peter reminds that each of us with our gifts and tale...

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Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, on this 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday, also the world day of prayer for vocations we welcome you and ask you to join us to thank God for the many Good shepherds we have in our Church. To pray for more vocations and servants in His vineyard.  Friends, the readings today talk about Christ as The Good Shepherd, calling us to hear His voice, to be His V...

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Send us Fan Mail When people cast doubt on what you do, are suspicious of you, or even think negatively about you, how do react towards them? In the gospel today, we hear Thomas emphatically state that ‘Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.’ Poor Thomas, he must have felt miserable, de...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the celebration of the greatest and most important feast in the Church. - “Easter” which literally means “the feast of fresh flowers.” We celebrate it with pride and jubilation because it marks the birthday of our eternal hope. Easter, the feast of the Resurrection, gives us the joyful message that we are a “Resurrection people.” It is a feast which gives us hope and en...

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Send us Fan Mail Throughout the Sundays of Lent especially this Sunday, not withstanding during Holy week - our Holy Mother, church, invites us to feast on God’s Word in a deeper way than perhaps at any other time in the liturgical year. As disciples, our whole Christian life must be nourished not only by the sacraments, but by the Word of God. As Lent comes to a close, we are invited to participa...

Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, the readings this Sunday are clear evidence that actions have consequences.  In the 1st reading, we see that when God gets involved with his people, they live because God is life. God says to Israel, "I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people. And I shall put my spirit in you, and you will live ...and you will know that I am the Lord...

Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, this Sunday we see Jesus in the gospel re-create a blind man just like His Father, our Heavenly Father created Adam in Genesis using mud. This man became instantly unrecognisable. Even people who knew him started asking one another - Is this the same guy who...? Friends, when we open our lives for Jesus to touch us through his word and sacraments something happe...

Send us Fan Mail  Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, the human body can survive for about 3 weeks without any food. Yet, we can live for only 3 days without water. We feel hungry when we need food. And we experience thirst without water. We also have a built-in psychological hunger and thirst. We want to possess things -We want to be in control of our lives. Some even want to control everything aro...

Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, as Christians, we believe that all that we have and all that we are,  is a free gift from God. We have done nothing to deserve it all. It is all thanks to the love, grace and will of God through the power of the Holy Spirit. All we are called to do, is to respond with faith so that we can transformed to radiate that love and glory of God to others.  The Scriptur...