The Good Word

I must admit that I do not know much about St Clare whose Memorial we celebrate today though I had the distinct joy of spending a January day wandering with my wife and youngest son through Assissi in 2008 and learning something about St Francis and St Clare I have only the knowledge I gained

The Gospel section chosen for this Sunday is John 6 41-51 and is a continuation of the revelation Jesus had already given when he identified himself as the bread of life and the bread come down from heaven nbsp The passage of his speech which we read now is made up of two distinct parts nbsp

Some passages seem to need so much commentary to enter into their complex recesses to pull out hidden guidance while others seem to hide their wisdom in plain view shimmering on the surface Let s try this one as a test case All bitterness fury anger shouting and revilingmust be removed from

I always remember the Feast of the Transfiguration for my oldest child was born on August 6 1988 August 6 the date on which we celebrate the Transfiguration became the date that my life was changed I became a parent In many ways of course there is no comparison between my experience which

The evangelists have recorded many of the remarkable things Jesus did in his public life they are astounding for their powers and revealing about about Jesus being and nbsp about his empathy with and sympathy for others nbsp Jesus miracles and teaching are considered by the evangelists as nothi

Jesus had just worked a miracle feeding nbsp over 5000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish nbsp Because of this the crowd followed him till it caught up with him in Capernaum nbsp Jesus initial remark to them seek the bread that does not corrupt but remains unendingly the bread which the son o

Have I been transformed Have you been transformed In both 2 Corinthians 5 17 so if anyone is in Christ there is a new creation everything old has passed away see everything has become new and Galatians 6 15 for neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything but a new creation is e

One of nbsp the readings nbsp which can be used for the Feast of St Ignatius Loyola is Luke 14 26-33 nbsp In these words to a crowd Jesus speaks of what in the first century was called nbsp hatred nbsp In his nbsp teaching Jesus mentions a series of objects to be hated if one is to be his di

We know from several sources that the ancient Greeks had a tradition of giving a meal to those who were about to set out on a journey Before long the gift of the meal extended to other gifts necessary for travel clothes food and blankets In Greece this custom came to be called the ephodion In

The letter to the Ephesians devotes much of its content to establishing the unity of both Jew and Greek in the body of Christ the dividing wall has been torn down between us familial identity we are all children of God adopted through Christ into this one family and the new heavenly citizensh