In Luke 2:41-52, Mary and Jospeh are in a panic, they cannot find Jesus!With great anxiety they search for him and, three days later, they find him.Mary’s first words are, “Child, why have you treated us like this...

As we read Matthew 2:13-23 we realise that the Christmas story takes a dark turn. Christmas cards never show this scene. No angels singing. No wise men bringing gifts. No shepherds kneeling.Instead, we hear of fear, ...

Did God take leave of his senses? If God is the almighty creator of the universe, what would possess Him to to be born as a helpless baby, to put himself in a position of complete dependence on human parents, to make himse...

The final Sunday in Advent marks the beginning of the transition from Advent to Christmas.It is at this time that Christmas narratives often shine the spotlight on Mary, on shepherds, and of course on the Christ Child H...

Matthew 11:2-11 offers a very different picture of John The Baptiser.He is a prisoner with a question, “Are you the one, or are we to wait for another?”So what happened? How did John get from pointing to Jesus as the on...

You brood of vipers !!! The wrath of God is coming. It doesn’t matter who you are. The axe is out and ready. Right now the blade is against the tree. The chopping is about to begin. Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is being cut down a...

Life is filled with periods of waiting.Some of us wait patiently. Some of us do not.Advent is a time of waiting. Waiting for Jesus as a babe in a manger and also reminding us to be waiting, looking ahead, FULL OF HOPE, ready for...

Here we are on the last Sunday in Ordinary Time for 2025.It is “The Feast of Christ The King”.It is the last Sunday before Advent begins, BUT but before we can get to all our favourite Advent stori...

The gospel, Luke 16:19-31, puts a gate between a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus, but it’s more of a barrier than a way to connect them.While the rich man wears expensive clothes, Lazarus only wears sores.The rich man ign...

Jesus had been teaching with stories, parables and miracles about the way the Kingdom of God works, and people still didn’t get it.Once in a while, there would be a glimmer of understanding, but it would quickly fade as even the discipl...