4th Sunday after Trinity Readings: Jer. 28. 5-9; Rms. 6. 12-end; Matt. 10. 40-end. Theme Giving What and why should I give? This is a question which can be difficult to raise in a church context for several reasons. Firstly, what we give in the collection or through direct debit is a private matter. Each...
Trinity 3 Readings: Jer. 20. 7-13; Rms. 6. 1b-11; Mt. 10. 24-39 Theme: Conflict Our readings for today speak about what happens when we follow the Lord. In a word, ‘conflict’ happens. ‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a...
Trinity 2 Ex. 19. 2-8a; Ps. 100; Rms. 5. 1-8; Mt. 9.35-10.8 Theme: ‘Out and About’ Our readings for today speak to us about what it means to be ‘Out and About’ with Jesus. Obviously, for the Israelites, they did not know Jesus as we do after his life on earth, but what they...
Trinity 1: Hos. 5. 15-6. 6; Rms. 4. 13-end; Mt. 9. 9-13; 18-26 Theme: True Conversion One of the great things to do in Rome is to go around the churches. There are so many with such beautiful art and architecture that you could literally spend a life time doing this and not finish...
Trinity Sunday Is. 40. 12-17, 27-end; 2 Cor. 13. 11-end; Mt. 28. 16-end At the end of the season of Easter, the church presents us with the culmination of the of the mystery of our creation, salvation, and sanctification, namely, the revelation that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit: a Trinity of three...
