A situation of… emptiness… This is what this celebration underlines. The apostles are left with hearts empty – empty of hope, with no purpose, no future… it seems. And there is… the empty tomb – Jesus had been buried there, but he has disappeared. A situation of openness!… This is […]
1st Sunday of Lent, Year A – 2023
A very small word (in the English language), it can determine much of life… IF… IF… suggests some conditions, opens up possibilities, outlines options, implies choices, calls on a person’s […]
16th Sunday of Year B – 2021
It has been said that more than food, drink, or rest, what a human being needs is meaning. What is most necessary, in life, is a sense of direction, a purpose for living. The statistics about suicide given in the media support this affirmation. This thought came to me as […]
22nd Sunday of Year C – 2019
People speak of the tyranny of ‘should’, the slavery of ‘must’, the compulsion of ‘ought to’ – all the things I should be doing, the people I must see, the commitments I ought to honour! All these lead us to get busy, and always busier, being constantly on the run, […]