Sunday July 29th 2012 – Seventeenth Week of the Year
Sometimes when we read something we’re caught not so much by the words but by the movement of the piece. That’s what strikes me about today’s Gospel. Jesus, in last week’s Gospel, ‘set himself to teach [the people] at some length’. Today the story continues with him moving away, crossing the Sea of Galilee and climbing a hill where he can be alone with his disciples. It’s interesting that he goes there first and then the people follow in great numbers. It’s as if he leads them there; he leads them through the different terrains and obstacles to the hillside where he is now sitting. So often for each of us in our different situations and circumstances we find that we are at times hobbling along over rough territory or stormy seas…
Sunday July 22nd 2012 Sixteenth Week of the Year
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Sunday July 15th 2012 Fifteenth Week of the Year First Communions
“Go – Be Church” Jesus calls the disciples by name, recognising their individuality and their gifts. Yet he sends them out in twos so they must work together. Sometimes we may feel we can do his work alone or that we have all the right answers. We should celebrate our gifts but also recognise the things that perhaps we cannot…