Palm Sunday, 10 April 2022 Life is a journey.  Paul Coelho said,  “Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.”[1] We’re pilgrims and sojourners on earth, a temporary place where nothing is permanent; we won’t…

5th Sunday in Lent, 2 April 2022 John 8:2-11 C. S. Lewis said people will not understand Christianity until they become a Christian.  I cannot judge a country I have never visited.  People view something differently from a distance, and often our judgment is influenced by “social media” and news.  There are things we won’t understand about Jesus until…

4th Sunday in Lent, 27 March 2022 Luke 15:11-32 The pandemic showed us how frail human nature is; the war’s message is that humans can do unimaginable things to one another if there is no fear of God.  These events call us to reach out in compassion to those who are suffering.  During the pandemic, some of you…

3rd Sunday in Lent, 20 March 2022 After two years of pandemic, now there is war.  Many Europeans turned away from God because of the two world wars during which millions were killed.  Often we ask why God allows such things to happen.  Martin Luther King, Jnr. said God did not invent the atomic bomb – man did.  War comes…

2nd Sunday in Lent, 13 March 2022 Luke 13:22-30 Today’s Gospel reminds us of the importance of salvation, and of humanity’s need to be saved. When I read the Scriptures, I imagine myself walking with Jesus while He goes to Galilee and Samaria; while He’s healing the sick I imagine being with Him, and that helps…

1st Sunday of Lent, 6 March 2022 Luke 4:1-13 Henri Nouwen said that choices make the difference: “Two people were in the same accident, and were severely wounded. They did not choose to be in the accident – it happened to them.  One of them chose to leave the experience in bitterness, the other in gratitude.  These choices…

Ash Wednesday, 2 March 2022 There are times when God touches the water, so to speak, and encourages us to change, because He wants to do something in our lives.  The season of Lent touches the heart in a deeper way.  It’s also a preparation for Easter, so that after forty days we can proclaim the life…

Last Sunday of Epiphany, 27 February 2022 I read about a girl who was so engrossed in what she was doing that her siblings noticed, and as she was reading, they placed books on top of her head.  She didn’t move, but continued reading.  Some of us are easily distracted by the slightest sound.  Was it something intrinsic…

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…

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…