Moses did not easily come to the Wisdom and understanding he is so sure of in today’s first reading. He…
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Life and a Death. These are matters of great importance, and the readings this week invite us to consider these…
When I was about seven, my granny took us to Saltcoats, the holiday Mecca of the west coast of Scotland….
The Beatitudes are the beginning of the massive teaching of Jesus known as the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon…
It was all going wrong. John has been arrested by Herod and swaps desert for dungeon. His wilderness voice must…
John the Baptist doesn’t just see Jesus, he sees into the heart and mission of Jesus. His invitation to ‘Behold’…
The Galilean stood high on the hill, alone on the hill. Safe on the hill. and he did not like…
The ancient emblems of Christ’s deathhave become now strangely shrunk.The forest whence the cross was hewn is no more:a treeless,…
We ripen in holiness and spiritual fulfilment as we learn to sit in the sun of God’s mysterious, sustaining presence…
We must not separate ourselves from the suffering of the world. When we’re close to those in pain, their need…