A Common descent Our nations, peoples and ethnicities of faith come from the same Patriarch and Matriarch. We are all descendants of Abraham and Sarah. We have been formed into…
Today I’d like us to pick-up and reflect on images found in our lectionary readings. I am sure all of you are quite familiar with objects and events in the…
The Transfiguration Six days ago, Jesus taught his disciples about what’s going to happen to him in the hands of the nation’s leaders (elders), the chief priests, and the teachers…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Some years ago I was at the lunch of a relative around Australia Day,…
Today is the Second Sunday in the Season of Epiphany. Epiphany – to make known, to manifest, to be drawn into God’s revealing the Godself to us through God’s Son,…
Introduction What words come to mind when we talk about ‘Baptism’? Or with what things and ideas do you associate the word ‘baptism’? Just browsing the lectionary for this Sunday,…
In a Season for family gatherings prevented by the pandemic, the feeling of yearning has become stronger. This Season in the Church Calendar and also as a holiday season…
Christmas is a time where we observe church traditions in commemoration of God sending Jesus, God’s Son to be our Messiah. The lighting of the Advent Candles is one. It…
Have someone, particularly someone who knows your parents, told you that what you know or do is something you learned from you parents? For example, one thing we can say…
The Gospel or the good news according to Mark, is very different from the other gospels as far as Advent is concerned. Mark begins his Gospel by saying: 1The beginning…