Pastoral Notes

Length, meaning & direction Today’s long Gospel reading reminds us that Christian faith is not about speed, short-cuts or anesthesia. In...

Holy Week Notes The Holy Week starts with the re-enactment of the messianic entrance of the Lord Jesus into Jerusalem, coming...

From death to life… The story of the resurrection of Lazarus has always been considered a proto-type of our spiritual conversion....

Sight & light… In the Old Testament, God’s choice of David over his other brothers speaks of our own inability to...

Water & faith This biblical imagery of water is best summarized by the formula for the blessing of the water for...

Moments of self-giving The transfiguration was an awe-inspiring experience of God’s presence for Jesus and for His disciples. It was an...

Approaching the Paschal Mystery The Paschal Mystery is the mystery involving the suffering, death and resurrection of the Lord. The...

Love of enemies In our lives, we are subjected to a retaliation mentality that affects us all. From the sports...

All about the Eucharist We are a Eucharistic community. We are transformed by the food we partake in the Eucharist. ...

Let our light shine! The metaphor of light suggests public presence. Light suggests a social reality that can be perceived, experienced...

Our vacancy for God The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord celebrates the formal dedication or consecration of the Child...

Scripture, anyone? This Sunday is the Word of God Sunday, as declared by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter Aperuit Illis...