Human Messengers
Dear Parishioners, The Gospel readings the last 2 Sundays have been about the call of the first disciples, a call that is extended to us at our baptism. Today’s Gospel […]
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There is a Season…
Last Sunday we began a new church year, beginning with the Season of Advent. We are now in Year B, and the Gospel of Mark. Mark’s Gospel is often under-rated, […]
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Synodality – Looking after the Vineyard
Vineyards were important in Israel, both at the time of the scriptures were written and even today. It would be disastrous to plant and cultivate a vineyard and then have […]
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Love is the answer
“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5: 24). Matthew’s Gospel is the one which most addresses community issues – how the Church […]
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Front Page from Fr Ron
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus distinguishes what he says to the crowds and what he says to his disciples – notably he gives some explanations only to the disciples. The words […]
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My yoke is easy, my burden is light
Jesus used images that were familiar to the people of his time. In today’s scripture he uses the yoke as a metaphor for what he offers and what a life […]
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Pentecost Sunday
The ministry of Jesus begins with the coming of the Spirit at his baptism, and so the ministry of the Church begins with the coming of the Holy Spirit at […]
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Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
‘Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.’ Easter Sunday is THE moment when everything makes sense, the […]
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Who Is Jesus?
In many ways the great question of the New Testament is quite simple – ‘Who is Jesus?’ We seek to live out that answer by way we live our life. […]
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Mission Sunday
Today we celebrate Mission Sunday. It is a reminder that we are all missionaries. Just as the earliest disciples were called to follow Jesus and spread the Good News, so […]