Reading the gospel, sometimes a sentence, even a single word, can keep us… there – at the thought, or the scene, or… more still, at the situation described. We may not be fully aware of the reason, but we are drawn to remain… just there. We feel the need […]
Feast of Pentecost, Year B
« Each one bewildered… They were amazed and astonished… » This is what the 1st reading of this feast of Pentecost tells us (Acts 2:1-11) about the Christians of the first century. Fast forward to the 21st century, our own period of Christian living, could not this text describe us as […]
30th Sunday of Year A
If I were to say : ”Here are the people God prefers”, some may be quick to reply : “God has no favourites”, saint Paul says it clearly when writing to the Romans (Rom.2:11). And yet… I believe that God is… partial to some people among all […]