Week of 24 – 30 April 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK All the readings from the Revised common Lectionary this week call us to celebrate God's goodness and love. In the Gospel reading, Thomas, who had [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK All the readings from the Revised common Lectionary this week call us to celebrate God's goodness and love. In the Gospel reading, Thomas, who had [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Christ is Risen! Once again we proclaim the awesome mystery of our faith! This year, we get to explore the resurrection event through the eyes [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK This week we journey through Holy Week – the time when we meditate on Jesus’ final days before his death. In these last moments, Jesus [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The Lenten season is often viewed as a sombre time. Few people celebrate or enjoy repentance, and the word "discipline" is seldom associated with celebration. [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The parable of the Prodigal Son is so well known that we may easily skim over the surface of it thinking we already know everything [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK It is a comforting thought – albeit a false comfort – to think that goodness, health, and happiness are signs of God's blessing, and suffering [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Today's reading is a strange one, which takes some careful thought to understand. It begins with a group of Pharisees warning Jesus of Herod's intention [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK On the first Sunday in Lent, we always meditate on the temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness. Even as we read, though, we may find [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The story of the transfiguration appears in all three of the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Its purpose is to confirm, in the moments [...]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK While it may not seem like it, the theme running through the Lectionary this week could be viewed as ‘resurrection living.’ The Corinthians reading actually [...]