1st Sunday in Lent, 21 February 2021 Mark 1:9-13 The idea of the liturgical season of Lent came from the preparation of those who decided to convert to the Christian faith.  This included learning the disciplines of prayer and fasting, reading and meditating on the sacred writings or Holy Scriptures, and deliverance from demonic influences…

17 February 2021 Today is a special celebration when Christians around the world embark into a very powerful season and our eyes look in a different direction, particularly a time of self-examination.  There are many times and reasons why we praise God: Most of the time, we praise Him because of material blessings we receive,…

Last Sunday of Epiphany, 14 February 2021 The Gospel for the last Sunday after the Epiphany is always the Transfiguration.  Glory has different meanings for different people: for Cicero, justice is the crowning glory of the virtues; for Richard Dawkins, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of the human spirit.  This is not the glory…

5th Sunday after the Epiphany, 7 February 2021 The Old Testament reading is a very timely word: may it speak to us in this time.  Isaiah was one of the greatest Old Testament prophets, from around 740 BC onwards.  National and international developments of the time provide the essential background to his message.  Israel’s northern…

by Fr. Dana Jackson31 January 2021 The week before I had COVID, our parish had just begun meeting in a church again after five years in a hall.  We’d celebrated the third Sunday of Advent, and the Lord was giving me a word for the fourth Sunday and Christmas Eve.  We light candles to remind…