POINTING TO THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

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Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, The readings this Sunday lay great stress on the facts of Christ’s Resurrection: Christ has died, but he is not dead. He is alive! He has risen! Alleluia alleluia.  Easter is a day of high expectations. The Scripture readings and songs testify to this. They are full of hope and joy. But when we think about the first Easter Sunday, it wasn’t all hope and joy....

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Send us Fan Mail The readings this sunday remind us  that it is God Who both gives us proper vision in body as well as in soul and instructs us that we should be constantly on our guard against spiritual blindness. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In today's readings we see the dominant  imagery of water - living water, the water of our baptism given freely so that we may have life and have it to the full. We all have thirst,  but what do we thirst for? The readings invite us to come to Jesus Christ the well of salvation, the source of the water that will quench our thirst, our thirst for God.  Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, we can all recount experiences when we have been attacked before, whether it be verbally, physically or emotionally. And what do we generally do in such circumstances? We fight back. Revenge or retaliation is the automatic human response to violence. This basic principle of retribution is pervasive in our society. 90% of our action films are based on some var...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters on this 6th Sunday in OT A, the readings reveal to us divine wisdom, a wisdom which is beyond human understanding. This wisdom, the cross of Jesus Christ, we are told in the second reading surpasses the ruler of this world and can only be obtained by the spiritually mature. The first reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus reminds us that it is now within our...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters today is Gaudete Sunday! Sunday of Joy. We rejoice because of the signs associated with the coming of the Messiah: the blind see again, the lame walk, lepers ... cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor. These words of Jesus in today's Gospel to John the Baptist's disciples re-echo the prophesy...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, the season of Advent is upon us again -  a time of expectation, a time of anticipation, preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas. This Sunday’s readings encapsulate the Christmas spirit: the spirit of peace.  In today’s first reading Isaiah presents his grand vision of the Kingdom of God. In this peaceable kingdom, the poor will be judged with justic...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, today is the last Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year. As we wave goodbye to year C, the readings fix our attention on Jesus as lord and king of the whole of the created universe.  In the first reading, we hear  how God’s children are in need of leaders who have the mind of God and who work under the direction of the Holy Spirit. David, a man after God’s o...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters as we approach the end of the liturgical year, our Holy mother Church offers us scripture readings which are apocalyptic in nature. The Greek word Apocalypse translates into Latin as Revelatio which means to unveil or to reveal something. Contrary to the common understanding these apocalyptic readings do not predict the end of the world thereby causing fear. R...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, the readings today offer faith and hope, courage in suffering, and trust in eternal life. They ask us how far we are willing to go in practicing our faith and to consider what the next life will be like.  Our faith teaches us that we are immensely loved by God  who demonstrated this love in the most extraordinary fashion. But how do we respond to this love? I...

Send us Fan Mail My Brothers and Sisters in the Lord – The message from all three readings today is very clear. God is inviting you and me, to receive & accept the presence and power of His life-changing love which he gives freely & unconditionally to us all.  The first reading from The Book of Wisdom,  reminds us that at every moment, God is sustaining each one of us with the breath of li...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, a word that is relevant and runs through our readings this sunday is the verb to "humblebrag". Humblebragging is defined by OD as the the act of making an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement with the actual intention of drawing attention to something of which one is proud. Basically letting others know not so subtly just how wonderful yo...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters “Persistence in prayer & the importance of community are the themes coming through our reading this Sunday: In the first reading we have the strange but interesting tale of Moses interceding for the Israelites as they fought a battle with their enemies, the Amalekites. Whenever Moses held his hands up while holding the staff, eith the help of Aaron & H...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters two of the readings this sunday talk about "gratitude".  But what does it mean to be grateful? Gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what one receives – tangible or intangible: The essence of gratitude is a grateful heart. Some of us today will be fortunate enough to partake in the Holy sacrifice of the Eucharist - described by the Second Vatican...

Send us Fan Mail The scriptures readings for today have much to say about real moral integrity. They  remind us that we are God’s stewards, and that God expects faithful and prudent stewardship from us. They challenge us to use our God-given talents and blessings, like wealth, wisely to attain Heavenly bliss. They also challenge you and I to demonstrate our intelligence, in the thing that really m...

Send us Fan Mail My Brothers and Sisters in the Lord – We have all lost things. There is not one of us who has not lost something precious – or very valuable sometime in the past. Perhaps, it was a ring or something else of great sentimental value. Perhaps, it was a person, with whom we had a close relationship; a dear friend, a child, a parent, or a spouse – with whom we are, now, estranged. In t...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, today we celebrate with joy the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary to thank God for the gift of Mary to the world. This celebration today is one of God’s love for humanity. We celebrate her because of the pivotal role she played in salvation history - the story of God’s relationship with humanity. It is the dramatic story of God’s calling and reaching out to...