Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time-B Isaiah35:4–7a James 2:1–5 Mark 7:31–37 There is a lot of geography at the beginning of today’s gospel, place names like Tyre, Sidon, Sea of Galilee and the Decapolis. Jesus is understood to be making a tour of the area until he arrives at his destination east of the Sea of […]
19 Sunday in Ordinary Time-B 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30-5:2 John 6:41-51 Elijah was one of the greatest prophets of Israel. He was faithful in his service to the Lord. Zealous to the extreme. In the scene just prior to this he has confronted 500 prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel. Singlehandedly he has proved […]
Abbey 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Mark 5:21-43 When growing up we often hear parents and teachers telling us to speak in complete sentences. Or finish one thought before starting another. We learn the same when being taught how to write a sentence a paragraph. […]
Abbey 2012 Trinity Sunday – B Deuteronomy 4:32–34, 39–40 Romans 8:14–17 Matthew 28:16–20 Trinity and Unity are known as abstract nouns in western languages. They seem to appeal to the head. They came into the Christian experience when Christians began to use western languages and western ways of thinking. When Christians ventured to make disciples […]
Doubting Thomas On the evening of the first Easter Sunday, which we celebrated last Sunday, the disciples of Jesus huddled together in the locked upper room. To a man they were in utter despair: they had left everything to follow Jesus, but now he was dead and his body was stolen. They were frightened that […]
Abbey 2012 Easter Sunday Acts 10:34.37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9 A woman comes to the tomb. She comes to mourn for her friend. She comes to look at death. She comes, alone, to weep. He is no more, her friend. All she can do is come to place of death, to the house of […]
2 Lent B Twelve days ago, we celebrated Ash Wednesday and started the holy season of Lent. During these forty days we prepare ourselves for our progress into our eternal glory. Today’s first reading from the book of Genesis tells us that God tested Abraham to assist his preparation. God tested Abraham’s living faith to […]