Reflections on the Gospel

December 23, 2023: The Eve of the 4th Sunday of Advent. As we light the fourth candle on our Advent wreath this evening “A Child is born to us. A

December 16, 2023: The Eve of the Third Sunday of Advent. As we light the third candle on our Advent wreath this evening “His kingdom will spread ever wider, and

December 9, 2023: The Eve of the Second Sunday of Advent. As we light the second candle on our Advent wreath this evening “Behold the Man! The Orient is his

December 2, 2023: The Eve of the First Sunday of Advent. This evening, we stand on the brink of Advent. Before us stretches three weeks, twenty-one days where we will

November 26, 2023: A Reflection for the 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Matthew 25:31-46 Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Mt 25:29)

October 15, 2023: A Reflection for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Matthew 22:1-14 My friend, how is it you came in here without a wedding garment? (Mt

October 8, 2023: A Reflection for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Matthew 21:33-43 There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug

October 1, 2023: A reflection for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Matthew 21:28-32 ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I

September 10, 2023: A Reflection for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A Matthew 18:15-20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I

September 3, 2023: A Reflection for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr A Matthew 16:21-27 For those who wish to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses