25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 22092019Download Dear friends, The dishonest steward in today’s gospel is on the brink of losing everything – he will lose his job, his property and his reputation. It’s not an easy story for us to get our minds around, particularly when it is placed alongside the first reading in which…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 15092019Download Dear friends, The “Prodigal Son”, which we hear today, is one of Jesus’ best-known parables. In the closing scene, the elder son refuses to join the celebration, so the father comes out and pleads with him. It ends there and we never know whether the elder son went in…
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 08092019Download Dear friends, Jesus says that the way of true liberation is renunciation, even of what we seem to depend upon – family, possessions, even our own life. Our true security is found in sharing the sacrifice of the Cross. This is strange: loss turns out to be gain and…