Last Sunday we celebrated the Lord’s Transfiguration; where He gave His closest Apostles Peter, James and John, a glimpse of His glory as the eternal Son of God. This vision was to strengthen their faith and help them deal with the ordeal of the coming Passion and...

In the first reading Jeremiah the prophet laments all the ridicule and suffering he has to endure for the Lord’s cause, yet he burns inside to carry on because he knows he is preaching the truth, something no one can turn their backs on. He knows his message will save...

When we are faced with difficulties, turmoil and injustice in the world,  as believers need to firstly seek out the Lord!  But many people today only resort to faith and prayer as a last resort when all other avenues are exhausted.  Today’s readings remind us that...

Even today there are lots of opinions on who Jesus is; but today’s readings remind us that the most important opinion is our own: who do I say Christ is? Jesus wants our personal response! The first reading shows the contrast between the faithful servant entrusted...

The Eternal Son of God, in His infinite love, became man to suffer and die for us, so the hope of salvation could be extended to all! Through the Redemption the Church was born and Heaven was opened. In the Our Father Prayer, Jesus taught us to pray that the Divine...

The Gospel today teaches that those who are wise will seek spiritual gifts and set their hearts on the Kingdom of Heaven, which is true treasure beyond our wildest imagining! King Solomon was the wisest of Israel’s Kings and almost all the Wisdom Literature in the Old...

In last Sunday’s Gospel we had the parable of the Sower and the Seeds. This Sunday there are three Kingdom parables. The parable of the wheat and the darnel teach us that evil will remain like darnel (weeds) alongside the wheat until the harvest, that is judgement....

This Sunday’s readings remind us that the state of one’s soul must be good, like good soil, with which we expect good things to grow. In the first reading, we are reminded that if we don’t grow in holiness, it is not God’s fault, but our own, because it depends on our...