Of Romans and Mustard Seeds
If an early Christian had been asked to speculate where the centre of the Catholic Church on earth would end up, it's not inconceivable...
The Refugee Question
The lifeless body of the 2 year old Aylan Kurdi lying face down on a beach has caused outrage around the world (I have...
Smiley Miley
The Gospel on the memorial of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, which we celebrated last week, recounts the story Herod, Herodias, his...
Laudato Si: A Commentary on Magisterial Ecology
In light of Pope Francis' call for September 1st to be a day dedicated to prayer for the environment and ecology, here is a...
A Catholic Parent’s Back to School Guide for Sexual Education in the Home
There are not as many parents jumping for joy this year as they get their children ready for going back to school. The new...
19th Sunday: The Sacred Host
Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh....
16th Sunday: Liturgy of the Word
And He had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. (Mk 6:34)
We begin...
15th Sunday: The call to repentance
So the twelve went out and proclaimed that all should repent. (Mk 6:13)
The call to repentance is fundamental to the preaching of our Lord Jesus...
13th Sunday: The experience of suffering
For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,...
12th Sunday: Objective truth and the saving Word
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? (Job 38:1)
We do well to consider the meaning of this question, posed by God in...