Reflections

Reflection 1: Is there life after death? Jesus was very clear that there is.  Not just life as we know it, but so much greater.  Life is changed, not ended.  Just as the tree or flower or vegetable is greater than the seed which died in the earth.  Nowadays there are many theories about life…

Jesus and Zacchaeus The meeting of Zacchaeus and Jesus is a story of up and down.  Zacchaeus was a small man but he had climbed up a sycamore tree.  He had also climbed up to top of the financial ladder.  He was a senior tax collector and a wealthy man.  But it is one of…

Luke 18:9-14 Prayer that pierces the Clouds Today’s parable highlights the contrast between the self-righteous religious man, a Pharisee, and the humble tax-collector, regarded as a sinner. Pride is first in the list of the seven deadly roots of sin. In the story of Adam and Eve the original temptation was “You will be like…

Sunday 20th October 2019 … Luke 18:1-8 1. Today’s parable about the persistent widow has a very clear message: don’t give up, continue praying, persevere. Perseverance isn’t always easy because there are times when God is delaying the answer. “Will not God see justice done to his children who cry to him day and night…

28th Sunday in Ordinary time:  Luke 17:11-19   “Finding himself cured”.  Notice how the gospel doesn’t simply say that the leper was cured.  The emphasis was on finding himself cured.  Gratitude, the heart of prayer, begins in finding our gifts and blessings.  Then we are moved to turn back in praise of the giver and…