Be Radical: Reflection on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
There are two themes that run through this Sunday’s Readings. First, the prioritising of the spiritual and eternal things over the physical
Weeds Among the Wheat: Reflection on the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Sunday’s First Reading and Gospel Reading serve as two very poignant bookends in our Liturgy of the Word. In the First Reading, we have
A Hope for Better Soil: Reflection on the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week, we are going to come at the Readings backwards. We will begin with the end in mind, as St Thomas Aquinas used to say. In this Sun
Spiritual or Physical: Reflection on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We’re back this week and the Liturgy of the Word opens with a reading from the prophet Zechariah. Zechariah tells us that our King will come
A Kingdom of Priests: Reflection on the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
We are back in the book of Exodus this Sunday, chapter nineteen, and the Israelites have left Egypt and are camped in the wilderness of Sina
13th June: Saint Antony of Padua
In 1221, St Francis held a general chapter (Franciscan Council) at Assisi. When the others dispersed, there lingered behind, unknown and neg
Father, Son, and Spirit: Reflection on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Welcome to Ordinary Time! Last Sunday’s Pentecost Sunday marked the official end of the Easter Season, but, even though we are now in Ordina
A Circular Letter from the Bishop
Dear brothers and sisters, Since my ordination as Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar, I have been doing my best to listen to what people...
5th June: Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr
ST BONIFACE was born at Crediton, in Devonshire, England, in the year 680. Some missionaries staying at his father’s house spoke to him of h
3rd June: Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Today we commemorate the twenty-two canonized martyrs of Uganda, who died between 1885 and 1887. Charles Lwanga was born in Buddu County, Ug
