At the commencement of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus compares his disciples to 3 things, salt, light and a city built on a hilltop. All three exist not for […]

Many people today when they read this story would immediately dismiss these two people, Simeon and Anna, as Holy Joes; but if we have an open mind to the word […]

The story of the Magi told in today’s Gospel is a summary of the principal dynamics of the spiritual life. What are the lessons we can learn from this story? […]

Today we celebrate the great feast day of the Baptism of Our lord. It has been said that the most important day of our lives is our Baptism, the day […]

The English writer, John Ruskin has provided us with a beautiful illustration of what the Lord wants us to be in the world. Before electricity, streets were lit by gas-lamps. […]

Our first reading today brings us back to the 8th Century BC and the musings of the Prophet Isaiah. A century before the time of Isaiah, the Assyrian warriors had […]

We often see how history repeats itself. Recently was listening to a commentary about Syria and one commentator ironically said we’ve been here before with Kosovo, Rwanda, Srebrenica. Cambodia. Today […]

Our gospel today is taken for the 11th Chapter of St. Matthew. John the Baptist has been arrested and he hears about what Jesus is doing but he has his […]

Mark Twain wrote a story called “The Terrible Catastrophe”. It is about a group of people who get trapped in a tragic situation. They are doomed to die. They have […]

Some years ago divers located a 400 year old sunken ship off the coast of Northern Ireland. Among the treasures they found on the ship was a man’s wedding ring. […]