Reflections

Reflection & Dialogue: Christians are called to freedom. Today’s readings call for reflection on a question that is as old as human freedom and revealed religion, namely the place of …

B. The Bible in Dialogue with Questions of the Day: The Message of the Eucharist Today The Eucharist has been at the source and centre of Christianity down through the …

Mystery of the Blessed Trinity and Mystery of the ChurchToday we celebrate the feast of the Blessed Trinity, or in the formal title, “The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity”. The …

Reflection & Dialogue: The Holy Spirit and dialogue with the modern age In recent decades in Catholic spirituality and liturgy there has been renewed interest in the role of the …

The Ascension of Christ. God is with us in strength. Dialogue on how to express ourselves about God and the divine. Reflection on this feast of Christ’s ascension into heaven, …

Reflection & Dialogue: The Holy Spirit guides the Church to be faithful to Christ’s teaching A theme running through the first reading and the Gospel reading today is the guiding …

Reflection & Dialogue: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe” Divine mercy Sunday I once heard a playwright being asked in a televisioin interview …

Reflection and Dialogue: The Risen Christ Centre of Christian life. Christian witness In the first reading Peter stresses that the apostles are attested witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection, with the task …

Reflection & Dialogue: The gentleness of Christ urges us on Today’s readings present ample material for reflection. For the greater part they are so clear that they hardly need to …

Reflection & Dialogue: The power of the Holy Spirit and of grace within us is stronger that our human weakness. Sometimes Jesus is accused of having ha d little understanding …