November 24, 2020
As I gaze out the window, I see the colour of the jacaranda trees in the distance which call us forth to a new liturgical year as we farewell the year of Matthew, Year A.
November 17, 2020
No doubt many of you are aware that the events of my week make for interesting sharing. No doubt many of you are aware that the events of my week make for interesting sharing.
November 10, 2020
As I listened to the reading from the Book of Wisdom (6:12-16) at Mass on Sunday night, it caused me to reflect on the many experiences of my previous week, and the week we are now in.
November 03, 2020
Here we are at the beginning of November, celebrating All Saints Day and All Souls Day starting the month of the Holy Souls. Many of us automatically turn our thoughts to our forebears, the people of faith who have walked beside us, held us, taught us, nurtured us, influenced us, inspired us and shared and shaped our lives.
October 27, 2020
We are getting to the ‘sticky’ end of Matthew’s gospel in our Sunday readings, where the Pharisees and Sadducees are trying to trap Jesus, and once again this week they ask him about which is the greatest commandment of the Law.
October 20, 2020
Once again Sunday night has arrived and I have returned home from Mass to take up a place at my desk to craft yet another message. The intention of these weekly messages is an attempt to keep the readers, and hopefully our diocesan community, up to date with what is happening in our diocese, in the wider church and in the local community.