by Director of Communications | May 20, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Psalm 66; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 By now in the Easter season we have made friends with the Acts of the Apostles, 1 Peter and the Gospel of John. These readings have framed our Easter experience with rich stories and images. We are...
by Director of Communications | Apr 29, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24: 13-35 Today, we find ourselves on the road to Emmaus — a familiar story in the Gospel writers’ collection of “now you see him, now you don’t,” post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus. The risen Christ...
by Director of Communications | Apr 22, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Acts 2: 42-47; Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20: 19-31 In Easter’s light, the Scriptures today call us to open our minds and hearts wider, ever wider. Signs and images of God’s incredible and tender mercy abound in us and around us. Imagine what our...
by Director of Communications | Apr 16, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9 I wake on Easter morning, feeling stuffed. For the past three days I’ve been feasting – not on food but on sights and sounds, symbols and songs. Thursday –...
by Director of Communications | Apr 15, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
A selection of readings from Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Baruch, Ezekiel; Romans 6:3-11; Psalm 118; Matthew 28:1-10 Saturday, the Sabbath, after the day when the world fell apart. The disciples were cowering in fear, crushed with grief. For them, it was all over. They...
by Director of Communications | Apr 14, 2017 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
With Jesus, we live the three sacred days of this Holy Week – a week of acclamation and betrayal, of promises broken and hopes restored, a week of blessing and breaking bread and bodies, a week of words and silence, of tears and cries, a week of companionship and...
