Category: Sunday Reflection

Something to worry about

Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash We can always find reasons to worry, even when there’s nothing to worry about. Some people love to be frightened into thinking that every flood, […]

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God’s House

Facade of the Lateran Basilica photo on Wikimedia Commons Temple is not the most fashionable word these days. We either think of the Temple in Jerusalem, the holiest site for […]

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Do you believe in hell?

An Angel Leading a Soul into Hell Source: Art UK Image credit; Wellcome collection In medieval times there was a lot of emphasis on hell. You only have to look […]

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Raising Eyebrows?

From time to time we have to remind ourselves just what it means to be a Christian. That’s why today we hear a passage from a chapter of Luke’s Gospel […]

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What’s the point?

“Vanity of vanities!” is a famous quotation from the Bible, but what does it mean? It’s the preacher’s way in the Book of Ecclesiastes of saying that life seems “meaningless” […]

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Pray like this

Neon prayer – photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash The apostles already knew how to pray when they asked Jesus to teach them. They had prayed in common in the […]

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Hospitality

Christus bei Maria und Martha by Adolf Zimmermann public domain photo on picryl Imagine that you and your husband or wife are in your eighties and are told you are […]

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Kitchen Sink Heroes

Jesus rubs up everyone in today’s Gospel. First He angers the Jewish establishment by telling a story about a man who was mugged, ignored by two clergymen and helped by […]

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Making Peace

Designed by Freepik Peace is complex matter. We tend to think of it as a thing, something that can be won or lost, something that brings about an end to […]

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