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OUTREACH TO THE ALIENATED A woman accused of adultery is dragged before Jesus.  She is not condemned for prostitution or promiscuity, but the relational sin of adultery, a violation against marriage and social stability.  We know little of her story, nor is Jesus told anything of the circumstances surrounding her transgression.  He asks for no […]

DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON “Come home.  Please …. just come home.  Forget the transgressions and the mistakes you have made along the way.  Let them go.  Don’t let them separate us anymore.  I want you home.”   What parent, who deeply loves his or her child, would not echo this sentiment of the prodigal father, […]

LENT PROJECT 2025 THE POOR CLARE SISTERS IN MYANGA, BUNGOMA, KENYA Our community here in Arundel made the foundation in Kenya back in 1992 when three of us went there to oversee the building and begin our community life. We had many ‘Come and See’ weeks in the first few years and began accepting young […]

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES Nothing in the Gospel is more difficult than this – to love our enemies, to do good to those who mistreat us, to lend without any expectation of return.  Jesus became our model for such unconditional love and mercy when he was being nailed to a cross.  But how easy it is, […]

THE GREATEST COMMANDMENTS It is hard to imagine how many love songs have been composed over the centuries. Most have to do with romantic love and the exquisite longing and preoccupation one has for his or her beloved. The focus of the song is usually the heart, which aches and breaks, pines and whines, soars […]

ST PETER AND ST PAUL Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 Today’s passage occurs at the end of the letter. Paul is in prison living his final days and reflecting on his life. His friends have deserted him and apart from moral isolation, it also means a lack of everyday comforts in prison – good […]

SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY These last verses of Mathew’s Gospel, often referred to as the Great Commission of Jesus to his disciples, summarise all the key themes of Matthew’s Gospel and serve as an appropriate ending for it. Mathew portrays Jesus as the one who teaches with authority and who can be trusted.  […]

PEACE BE WITH YOU” Today is not only the Second Sunday of Easter but also the completion of the octave of Easter and the feast of Divine Mercy.  In the year 2000, St Pope John Paul II established this feast.  On the first anniversary of the founding of Divine Mercy Sunday, John Paul II recalled, […]