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A Touching Story?

Nowadays we can all be rather picky about strange people touching us, and we certainly teach our children about “bad touching”. In this Sunday’s gospel reading, a Pharisee is shocked by Jesus’ lack of discrimination in allowing a woman of bad repute to paw him in a disgusting public display of gratitude. Yuck!!!@#$*!!! Unless we… Continue reading A Touching Story?

The Great Compassion

For our second week back in Luke’s gospel narrative, we have a story of Jesus’ healing ministry. This is no accident, for in Luke’s view healing is at the very heart of what God’s mission in our world is all about, defining our own mission as the followers of Jesus. God’s fundamental attitude towards our… Continue reading The Great Compassion

Now , where were we?

With the Lent then Easter seasons having drawn to a close with Pentecost and Trinity Sunday, we return to the central focus of Year C, the Gospel of Luke, picking up the cycle with the 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time, also known as Proper 4 (don’t ask my why). The gospel reading from Luke 7… Continue reading Now , where were we?

The Trinity Explained!

The central theological mystery at the heart of our Christian faith explained in 25 minutes? Judge for yourself as I give it a go, right here… Howard Pilgrim

The Incarnation Continues…

This Sunday, the fifth in this year’s Easter seasion, we hear a short gospel reading from John 13 in which Jesus paradoxically describes his upcoming betrayal and death as a moment of glorification, in which the true nature of God will be shown to an alienated world. He says this not to condemn those who… Continue reading The Incarnation Continues…

Jesus Renews our Mission

On this coming Sunday, the third in the Easter season, we hear the wonderful coda to John’s gospel account, in which the resurrected Jesus appears once again to his disciples just as they are settling back into life as normal back home by the lake. Lovingly, he attends to their very human needs: for an… Continue reading Jesus Renews our Mission

A Resurrected Community

“Easter is the greatest feast of the Church’s liturgical year”. We are all so used to this idea that it may become rather blah. Christ died and rose again and meanwhile our world goes on, same old, same old. After a lifetime of Easter celebrations, the whole routine could become just one more thing to… Continue reading A Resurrected Community

Reacting Badly to Good News

In this Sunday’s gospel reading from Luke 4, Jesus brings a very popular message to the synagogue in his home town of Nazareth. After an initially enthiusiastic reception, things turn badly wrong and the worhippers try to linch him. What caused this dramatic turn of events? Luke’s narrative is meant to provide the ongoing Christian… Continue reading Reacting Badly to Good News