Luke 21:5-19 Throughout the story of our salvation the people of God have searched for and longed to be in the presence of God. They have sensed the sacred and marked it in physical ways by the erecting of stones and the building of altars. When Solomon builds the Temple it’s the fruit of the …
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Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 20:27-38 Since the death of Br Herbert Kaden, a monk of the Turvey communities, and the celebration of All Saints and All Souls, I have been turning round in my heart and mind what I understand about our passing from this world to the next. I have been put back in touch with my …
Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 19:1-10 Last week’s parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector may still be lingering in our scriptural imaginations. We’ve had our preconceptions challenged a little and we know that the Jesus of Luke’s Gospel champions the outcast. Within the first verse of today’s text we already have a challenge: ‘Jesus entered Jericho and …
Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 18:9-14 In ‘Witness’, a series of radio plays on Luke’s Gospel by Mark Warburton, the character of Jesus is cast with a Northern accent, and he tells the parable of the Tax Collector and the Pharisee with such gentle humour. I think we often miss the passages in the Bible that would have raised …
Twenty Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Luke 18:1-8 I often hope that the Sunday Gospel will be ‘my bread’ for the week ahead. I have my own work to do in this by engaging with the text. I hope to be inspired and challenged. This week’s text of the Unjust Judge presents me with a huge challenge. Luke has framed the …
Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 17:11-19 In this week’s Gospel we enter the third and final section of Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem. Luke gives us a geographical marker: On the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. Scholarly opinion differs as to how accurate this description might be but what is certain is that …
Twenty Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Luke 17:5-10 In the opening of his Rule St Benedict makes an invitation to anyone who is serious about seeking God: ‘Is there anyone here who yearns for life and desires to see good days?‘ To those who respond he says: ‘See how the Lord in his love shows us the way of life. Clothed …
Feast of the Archangels
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14Psalm 137John 1:47-51 When I was in the third form in secondary school, we had an innovative head of year. She was a very zany dresser, combining full length fake mink coats with yellow wellies. Just seeing her outfits always gave me a lift. Her assemblies were memorable too. She used to play music …
Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 16:19-31 Week after week the Gospel texts have presented us with a range of challenges. This week’s text is no exception. In the present climate of the cost-of-living crisis and growing concern over fuel prices can the parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus provide some light for our path? At first sight the …
Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)
Luke 16:1-13 When we listen to the parables of Jesus it can be easy to forget the urgency in his preaching. A new age is dawning and Jesus himself is the embodiment of the Kingdom he preaches. This Kingdom offers both promise and challenge. These past weeks we have listened to Luke outlining his theology …