Sunday Homilies

Readings:
1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-27
Luke 6: 39-42
Reflection:
Interestingly this Gospel passage in both Matthew and Luke in some translations has the heading ‘Judging Others’ while in the newly revised Jerusalem

Readings
1 Corinthians 2:10-16
Luke 4:31-37
Reflection:
Today’s Gospel Reading invites me to reflect on the difference between appearing holy and becoming holy.

Readings:
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3,14-17
Matthew 23:23-26
Reflection:
Jesus’ excoriation and heated verbal condemnation of the Pharisees: hypocritical scrubbing ‘the outside of the cup while leaving the inside unclean.’

Readings:
Ezekiel 28:1-10
Matthew 19:23-30
Reflection:
As I write this, I have just returned from Sinpang, West Borneo, where I spent three days in as remote a part of the world as I have ever been.

Readings:
Ezra: 2: 8-3:4
Matthew 18: 1-5, 10, 12-14
Reflection:
Have you ever felt that sometimes God makes unusual requests? Eating a scroll must be fairly high up the list of those unusual requests!

Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Readings:
1 Kings 17:8-16
Colossians 3:12-17
Matthew 6:25-34
Reflection:
As I reflect on the life of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia’s first officially recognised saint, I am struck by the depth of her faith, her practical spirit,

Readings
Jeremiah 26:11-16,24
Matthew 14:1-12
Reflection:
Today’s readings are of the accusation against Jeremiah and the beheading of John the Baptist.

St James the Apostle
Readings:
2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Matthew 20:20-28
Reflection:
I began preparing this reflection just after reading a review of the recent movie, which everyone seems to be reviewing, The Odyssey.

Readings:
Micah 2:1-5
Matthew 12:14-21
Reflection:
Salam untuk kalian semua! As I write this, I am enjoying my time in Indonesia. I’m here, allegedly teaching English, but the students are busy with other things.

St Benedict
Readings:
Isaiah 6: 1-8
Matthew 10: 24-33
Reflection:
Isaiah responds to the questions ‘Whom shall I send? Who will be my messenger? He answers ‘Here I am send me.’