Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today’s Gospel (Jn 11:1-45), is the third reading we have had from John’s Gospel this Lent. Like the others it is a sophisticated and fascinating piece [...]
Dear Parishioners, Today’s First Reading, from the Book of Wisdom (9:13-18), reflects the pessimism about the human body prevalent in some strains of Hellenistic Judaism. ‘A perishable body presses down [...]
Dear brothers and sisters, The ten commandments in our First Reading (Ex 20:1-17), are not an abstract moral code imposed from on high by a judgemental God. Read more…