The Cross of St. Andrew

November 29, 2020
As this is the last St. Andrew’s Day that I will celebrate with you, I thought it would be a good idea to reflect on the person we know as…

SHEEP OR GOAT

November 22, 2020
We have become so used to hearing this parable that it probably doesn’t even occur to us to ask why Jesus chose to compare sheep to goats and why he…
Today’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew is one of many which speak about what we are to do in life to prepare ourselves to be part of the kingdom…
I would like to share with you today some thoughts by the man known in history as Jean Vanier. I am sure that all of you know that Jean Vanier…

Words to hang on to

October 25, 2020
The events that took place in the passage we have heard from Matthew’s Gospel are part of the week that Jesus spent with the disciples in Jerusalem after his coming…

What we give to God

October 18, 2020
The passage of Scripture that we have for today from Matthew’s Gospel relates to us one of the encounters that Jesus had with the Pharisees during the week leading up…

Listening is Seeing

October 4, 2020
A few years ago, I picked up a book while on a silent retreat. It’s entitled The Sacred Art of Listening. The author is Kay Lindahl, founder of The Listening…
In the passage from Philippians, Paul encourages the people in the church to ever keep before them what was in the mind of Jesus Christ. The greatest temptation we can…