Today’s gospel text probably appears to many of us as somehow strange, awkward even (Luke 16:19-31). We may feel uncomfortable at the wording, and more still at the scenes described. It all seems rather remote from our own experience. Really? What about ‘translating’ this parable […]
27th Sunday of Year A
The gospel narratives give us many parables of Jesus. All of them are inspiring, some are challenging, others rather disturbing. I think that the one in this Sunday’s gospel (27th Sunday, Year A – Mt.21:33-43) must have appeared very shocking to Jesus’ listeners. And it was! For us, 21 centuries […]
26th Sunday of Year A
« What is your opinion? » These are not my words but those of Jesus himself in the gospel of this Sunday (26th of Year A – Mt.21:28-32). He was speaking to the people who had come to hear him, but he is now addressing also each one of us today. I […]
15th Sunday of the Year, C
Things we know too well, situations too familiar to us, or texts we know ‘by heart’, are in danger of no longer having an impact on us. The message has been heard long ago and ‘registered’ – it is there, at the back of our minds but with little bearing […]