THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK It sounds strange to see, in the last verse of this Sunday's Gospel reading, the words "warnings" and "Good News" in the same sentence. For John the Baptiser there was no contradiction between warning people [...]

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK This second week of Advent we focus on John the Baptiser, but specifically on his message, which was for the people to "Prepare the way". Advent always calls out words like "waiting" and "preparation,” and [...]

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK And so, we reach the start of a new year in the Church Calendar – Advent Sunday. The word "Advent" means "arrival", and in the next few weeks, we will be learning to recognise the [...]

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK This week is the last of the Church Year. Next week a new cycle begins with Advent Sunday, but before we get there, we take a moment to reflect, one last time, on who this [...]

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK How do we respond to the ways of power and dominance in our world? The most natural response is to retaliate, using force to overcome force and violence to deal with violence. It's tempting to [...]

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK After last week’s focus on love, it is appropriate that the theme for this week is faith. Faith, or trust, and love always go together. When we love, we place our trust in our beloved, [...]