Year A

11 June 2023 This Sunday we begin the season of Ordinary Time (from the Latin word ordinalis meaning ‘numbered’) in which we shift focus from God’s story as taught [...]

18 June 2023 This week in the Lectionary the readings are all about what it means to be chosen. In a world where ideas like ‘election,’ ‘manifest destiny,’ and [...]

04 June 2023 The doctrine of the Trinity can, at times, feel like an awkward and embarrassing Christian belief. It is also, almost certainly, a deeply misunderstood one. For [...]

25 June 2023 Ordinary Time continues with a direct challenge for us to take the Reign of God seriously. The call to lose our lives for the sake of [...]

30 April 2023 If we have become accustomed to think of resurrection life as something that we receive and enjoy primarily as individuals, this week's Lectionary readings will come [...]

16 April 2023 Easter is not over! While we celebrated Easter Sunday last week, the fifty day Easter Season continues until Pentecost Sunday. During this time, the Lectionary invites [...]

23 April 2023 The Emmaus Road is a compelling story. It is a curious way for Jesus to reveal himself to these two disciples, but it is also a [...]

02 April 2023 And so Holy Week begins! The big challenge of this period in the Church Calendar is that the focus is so very clearly on events that [...]

19 March 2023 This week's Gospel reading could offer a year's worth of sermons! The story of the blind man who is healed by Jesus, and the subsequent investigation [...]

12 March 2023 It's common to think  about 'living water' - the powerful metaphor from this week's readings - as something we receive. We focus on our own dryness [...]