Reflection: 30th Sunday of Year A

Today we turn to the heart of all religion – love of God and love of neighbour.

Reflection: 23rd Sunday of Year A

23^rd Sunday of Year A

The theme for today centres on the need for reconciliation between individuals and in the wider community. Jesus outlines a process of conflict management.

On the plane coming back from Sydney on Wednesday I tuned in to the greatest hits of Simon and Garfunkel – `Homeward Bound` , well I was, wasn’t I?, `I am a rock, I am an island` and the old favourite, `Bridge over troubled water`. That song centres on reconciliation, a recurring theme today. It is said that the duo had frequent spats, a characteristic of many artistic groups going back to Gilbert and Sullivan. The song was an effort by Paul Simon to repair the damage caused by one such rift – `Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down.`

One of the least desirable traits of modern life is an all-pervading atmosphere of aggression – aggression in the home, aggression on the road, aggression in the marketplace – and even conflict in the church.
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Reflection: 15th Sunday of Year_A

The readings and the psalm for this Sunday are carefully chosen to reflect God`s marvelous plan of creation and redemption. And here we are not confined  to the human population only but we are meant to take in  the whole environment  that includes the earth and all that adorns it – animals, birds, plants and vegetation.(You can throw in the sun as well on which all life depends , together with our nearest neighbours in space , the moon, mars, the other planets) After that things get too big for us to notice any impact on ourselves or our environment.

Reflection: 14th Sunday of Year_A

Jesus invites all who are weary and overburdened to come to him and find rest.