Year C

15 December 2024 The third week of Advent continues the journey with John the Baptist, focussing on his preaching and the call to justice that he proclaimed. It is [...]

24 December 2024 Since it is the Year of Luke (Year C) in the Lectionary, the inclusivity and subversive justice of God’s Reign can shine through the Gospel reading [...]

22 December 2024 The last week of Advent returns us to the beginning of John’s story, as Mary, pregnant with Jesus, visits Elizabeth, and John leaps within his mother’s [...]

29 December 2024 And so we jump from the manger to the Temple when Jesus is twelve years old. We’ll be going back to his childhood next week, but [...]

25 December 2024 Although the readings are the same for Christmas every year, it is important to allow the particular cycle to speak and give a different "flavour" to [...]

13 April 2025The Liturgy of the Passion, from Luke's perspective, is not just about the suffering of Christ. It is also about Jesus' presence in our suffering, and about us [...]

13 April 2025 There is no question that the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is one of the most profound depictions of God's Reign in the New Testament. In [...]

16 February 2025 How we choose to live has consequences. We have been given, in the Scriptures and in Christ’s example, a picture of the kind of life that [...]

2 June 2013 Following on from last week's reflection on the Trinity - part of which explored the community within the Godhead - it is fitting that this first week [...]

9 June 2013 Although we finished the "festival season" in the Liturgical Calendar a couple of weeks ago, this week retains some strong links to what has come before. This [...]