Month: February 2022

  • Love your enemies

    7th Sunday after the Epiphany, 20 February 2022 Last Sunday we heard the Blessings and Woes, also called the Beatitudes in Matthew’s Gospel.  People found them shocking, as Jesus was introducing a new kind of discipleship.  His words todayare a continuation; they were very unsettling to His listeners and followers, and probably are to us.  Jesus raised the bar: He said it’s…

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  • Transforming love

    4th Sunday after the Epiphany, 30 January 2022 I Corinthians 13:1-8 If Christianity were only a matter of going to church on Sunday, it would be an easy religion; but it’s a journey and pilgrimage of following Jesus, so that our lives may be transformed, and when we see Him we will be like Him.  In…

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