Today in Australia is Word of God Sunday. This is a bit of a strange label, like calling a particular Sunday, Jesus Sunday. Every Sunday...

How could we put this gospel into  today's world? If Jesus was born today, one possibility is that Joseph would be a car mechanic with a...

There is a very interesting dynamic to the liturgy as we proceed through Advent. It is a bit like the promotional strategy to an epic...

One of the time-consuming parts of Christmas is wrapping presents. If you’re like me, it takes forever and still looks like a dog has...

At the risk of getting too personal, I’ll let you in on the fact that my age is getting closer to 70 than 60. Some of you may be similar....

I think we have mentioned before how Christmas traditionally was the end of the liturgical year. It was considered the end because the...

Perhaps one approach to this week’s readings is to look at the fundamental attitudes of the servants in the gospel parable. But I would...

Apparently Jesus based today’s parable around a typical marriage custom. The custom was that the bridegroom could should up whenever, and...

Our readings today reprise a very familiar theme. The person who wants to be centre of attention will soon be forgotten, while the person...

A while ago I read a book by the historian Niall Ferguson. It was based on his BBC lectures, and had the ominous title, The Great...

This is one of those gospel passages that probably should start reading groups. I recommend praying about it all through this week....

Our readings today give us a deep insight into the structure of reality. The first reading and the gospel show us what creation is all...

There is a lot going on in our readings this Sunday. Jesus in his parable is clearly alluding to our first reading. And our first reading...

Jesus was always on the side of the powerless and those who were despised. The powerless might have been beggars, or day labourers who...

Today’s readings give us many things to ponder. The first thing that came to my mind was thank God that God’s ways are above my ways....