Lent

Readings: Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28; Canticle Daniel 3:52-56; John 8:31-42 In today’s first reading we can admire the fidelity and integrity of Shadrach,

Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; John 8:21-30. Few would accuse David R. Ellis of mis-selling his 2006 film Snakes on a Plane: the

Readings: Daniel 13; Psalm 23; John 8:1-11 It is better to suffer injustice than commit it. This saying of Socrates in Plato's

Fifth Sunday of Lent Readings at Mass: Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 Approaching the final week of Lent, we

Today’s Gospel begins at John 7:40 in the middle of a series of interchanges. It opens: “When they heard these

Br Samuel Burke OP sees the third fall of Jesus as a cause for sorrow, which can turn to repentance

Readings: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106; John 5:31-47  It is amazing how we can read the Old Testament in the light of

Gospel Reading: John 5:1-3, 5-16 Today, St. John’s Gospel presents us with a miracle and a controversy. Miracles are controversial enough

Readings: Isaiah 65:17-21; Psalm 29:2,4-6,11-13; John 4:43-54 Today’s Gospel finds Jesus back in Cana, scene of the first miracle of his

Readings: 1 Samuel 16: 1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 In the today’s Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Jesus heals

Readings: Hosea 6: 1 - 6; Psalm 51; Luke 18: 9 - 14 The English Dominican Simon Tugwell once observed

Br Luke Doherty OP reflects on the meeting of Jesus with the women of Jerusalem, who should be weeping for