Once again, we come to our diocese’s Perpetual Day of Remembrance, decreed by our Late Bishop Bill Wright in 2020. Its date, 15th September, corresponds with the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. This year it falls on a Sunday. The readings, which were specially chosen for this very important day in our calendar, remain […]

Jesus shows that he is intimately involved in, and has command over, the stuff of life in this story of healing. The healing is not done from a safe, sanitary distance, but up close and personal. Jesus makes body contact with a man whose tongue and ears are touched and cured. Jenny Close Subscribe at […]

If Netflix produces a movie using the contents of our hearts, I wonder if it would be for public viewing or if it would be limited only to a mature audience? When we take the Gospel’s demand to live with authenticity, a good look at our history might reveal stories of heartaches and pains that […]

This the final reading from John’s gospel in which the food image is the focus. The metaphor that Jesus uses about eating his flesh and drinking his blood is too graphic and shocking for many in his audience. The symbolic nature of the message is made plain when Jesus says that his words are ‘spirit […]