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

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

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…

In some ways, New Year’s Eve and Day is a hectic time of in the days after the great feast of Christmas. There is always a lot of frantic celebrating…

It is good for you and me to remain near the crib – to be charmed by the Christ Child, to be warmed by His mother’s love. But we also…

In the Gospel, the figure of Joseph offers us a powerful Advent prophecy this weekend. Joseph’s wait was different from that of the others. For him, the reality of God…

Most of us old enough to drive, have had had the experience of absent-mindedly getting into our car, and arriving at a destination with no recollection of the journey. That…

John the Baptist must have been a strange man. Certainly, he was a driven man, and when a person is as strongly driven as that, all that is important is…

If there is any one insight into the nature of things that is common to everyone it would have to be that the world is imperfect. Just experience teachers us…

This feast marks the end of the Church year, the closing of the liturgical calendar. Next Sunday we will begin again the Season of Advent and with that the full…