In the Old Testament, in Jesus’ time and also during the medieval period and since then, there have been clerics who betrayed their calling, causing many to fall away from the faith. In today’s Gospel, the Lord specially recognises this problem in the case of the scribes and Pharisees, but assures us that the truth […]

Keep it simple! That’s a message we might take from this Sunday’s Gospel. Jesus didn’t overcomplicate life and doesn’t want us to either. Hence, His message that the whole law is summed up in just two great commandments: our love for God and our love for our neighbour.   Fr John Subscribe at the bottom of […]

“Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God”, was Jesus’ answer to the trap His enemies set for Him in today’s Gospel. He didn’t snap back or try to get even, but just calmly gave a very wise and practical response. Let’s pray for this same wisdom and […]

From time to time we hear news reports of problems in people’s homes resulting from unwelcome guests gate-crashing a party. Certainly, the last venue we would expect to be gate-crashed, is God’s heavenly banquet, described sometimes as the ‘Marriage Feast of the Lamb’. However, this seems to have occurred in today’s Gospel parable. But more […]