Trysting Place
John will be the dominant evangelist for Lent from hereon in. Today the Woman at the Well, then the Healing of the Blind Man, followed by the Raising of Lazarus. The Holy ... Read More
False Self
Evidently, the first two weeks of Lent encourage us to reflect upon the mystery of Jesus. The testing of Jesus (Matthew 4) manifests his humanity. Our good ... Read More
Boutique Spirituality
St. Antony Abbot (251-356) lived a long and fruitful life. He was a Christian monk from Egypt who counselled people in need and courageously visited ... Read More
Hatch, Match, Dispatch
The Book of Leviticus is not easy to understand. At the heart of the book is the Holiness Code (17-26) with multiple regulations about all ... Read More
Bamboozled, Disorientated, Confused
St. Hilary of Poitiers (310-367): Everything is lavished as a gift by the Father, from the origins of life up to the ability of enjoying ... Read More
Bi-Context
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge observes, ‘A text without a context is a pretext.’ Brendan Byrne SJ, author of Lifting the Burden (2004), gives the bi-context of the Sermon on the Mount ... Read More