I hope that everyone of us has at one time or another had the experience of being struck with the fact that, at the heart of it all, things are…

The Gospel, like the first reading this weekend, is a story of temptation, the temptation of Christ himself. St Matthew’s account is a series of invitations that Satan offers to…

The first reading is taken from Sirach, also known as Ecclesiasticus, and contains the clearest statement in the Old Testament concerning the God-given freedom of the human will. It exonerates…

Reform is never a simple process. Sometimes it is outright painful. Certainly, each period of reform in the history of the Church has been costly in terms of membership. It…

Even for St Paul, it is simply part of human experience that something which can seem to start off so well, so simply, can get so mixed up and complicated….

The Gospel centres once again on the compelling of John the Baptist. As usual, John had quite a crowd gathered about him, and when he saw Christ coming towards him…

The liturgical readings shift focus now, and we are confronted with the image not of a child but of a full-grown man.  The revelation now is not so much who…

New Year’s can be a hectic time of the season. There is always a lot of frantic celebrating that is as often as not done out of a sense of…

Certainly, the fact that Christ grew up in a family setting was more than simply an historical accident. Christ could have chosen any number of ways of moving into the…

God has chosen to dwell with his people. He has chosen to be Emmanuel, which means “God with us.” As a sign a virgin has conceived and born a Son…