Christ, our Water of Life. Homily, 1st Scrutiny Sunday, 08.03.26.
Give me a drink. Jesus meets the woman of Samaria doing an ordinary chore of the day. He is tired and thirsty, so He wants a drink. The woman seems to resist at first. She puts up the barrier: you’re a Jew, I’m a Samaritan. Jesus gently ignores that and...
Christ our Light. Homily, 2nd Scrutiny Sunday, 15.03.26
You’ve got to feel sorry for that blind man! Jesus practically accosts him and orders him about, even if it is to heal him. Then, before he knows it, he becomes the object of curiosity for the people who had been used to seeing him blind and who then cart...
Baptism in action. Homily for the Requiem Mass of Mrs. Agatha McAllister, 06.03.26
Given Agatha’s albeit tenuous connection with Stalin, I’d better be very careful of what I say here! But, in truth, it would be hard for anyone to improve on the lovely eulogy which Caitlin delivered. And while it’s impossible to fit someone’s life – all 97 years of it –...
Solving life’s puzzle. Homily for the Requiem Mass of May Holland, 03.03.26
I’m only sorry that I did not get to know May until the last, and tenth, decade of her life was underway. By all accounts, she was a woman with many talents and interests and with many friends from across the various communities in whose lives she shared. She was...
Answers to the multiple choice test, 23.02.26
The correct answers are in red. Multiple Choice-test- answers