{a correction and apologies = at the start of the reflection for the 19th Sunday I stated in the opening paragraph that John was starting to develop his Eucharistic understanding that would be developed in the following two Sundays. At that time I overlooked the fact the readings for the Sunday immediately following would be […]
ASSUMPTION – August, 19
The DRAGON presented to us in TODAY’S FIRST READING [REVELATION 11: 19a; 12: 1 – 6a, 10ab] deserves a little attention. It is not only in the Bible {Revelation, Isaiah, the Psalms, and Job} but also other ancient writings that dragons are conjured up as signs of danger, instruments of destruction and enemies of men […]
NINETEENTH SUNDAY – August, 12
In TODAY’S GOSPEL [JOHN 6: 41 – 51] the apostle continues to develop his Eucharistic understanding of Jesus teaching. In this extract he commences a more specific focus on the Eucharist as we understand it. The focus will become sharper over the next two Sundays. However, it would be beneficial if we made a slight […]
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY – August, 05
We need to both understand and accept a basic truth that emerges from TODAY’S GOSPEL [JOHN 6: 24 – 35]. There we must make a special note of Jesus’ blunt reproach of the people who sought him out in Capernaum – ” you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your […]
Get angry – it is sometimes the right thing to do!
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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY – July, 29
It will be remembered that Mark’s version of the Good News is the shortest of the four records. For this reason during the Marcan Year B, the Sunday readings need to be supplemented by Matthew, Luke and John. John will be used from the 17th to the 21st Sunday. On Sunday 22 we will pick […]
