Jesus is always giving His followers reassurances to help them face what lies ahead. This week at Bethany, just a few kilometres from Jerusalem, where He would very soon meet His fate, He reassures His followers that He had the power to overcome evil and death, with the raising of Lazarus. What issues in our […]

This Sunday’s readings are about acquiring new sight. Spiritually, we were all born blind, and remained so until our eyes were opened by the grace of God, which has allowed us to recognise the One who is our Lord and Saviour. He has also given us the gifts of insight and understanding, that we may […]

This Sunday’s account of Jesus and the woman at the well is a powerful sign of Baptism. For just as her eyes were opened to recognising her Creator in that encounter, we celebrate that time when our spiritual eyes were opened to recognising our Creator at another well (the font) when we were baptised. Subscribe […]

When we go through tough times with little relief in sight, what do we need most? Hope! Reassurance! We need to know there is light at the end of the tunnel. Given the opposition Jesus and His followers were facing from the scribes and Pharisees, and Jesus’ prophecy of His forthcoming passion and death, the […]