Prepare the Way: Finding Hope in the Wilderness
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent A Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9 (RM) or 4-13 (RCL); Matthew 3:1-12. If I were standing in front of you preaching…
Advent Begins: From History to Hope
Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent A Readings:Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24: 35-44 (RM) or 36-44 (RCL.) It’s the purple season for Roman Catholics, blue season…
Hopelessness and Hope
I am an avid reader of The Guardian Weekly which arrives in our letter box every Friday and so updates me on what is happening in distant and not so…
The Meaning of Being a Death Doula
My mother, Trinidad, recently transitioned from her earthly life to God’s embrace, leaving our family grappling with grief. Despite the comfort our faith tradition offers, her passing was an ordeal…
Social Justice: Doing Hope
Advent 2023 was a different one for me. Against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian war wreaking unimaginable devastation on already bereft people, the ongoing violence in the Ukraine, Myanmar, and…
The Angel Gabriel’s Annunciation to Mary
2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 (RM) or 1-11, 16 (RCL); Psalm 89 or Luke 1: 47-55; Romans 16: 25-27; Luke 1: 26-38. A few years ago I was…
The Taste of Things V: Hope
I was part of an engaging conversation recently about “collapse!” In the midst of a climate catastrophe will the planet survive? Will the human species survive? Will I survive? Of…
As Year 2022 Ends…
I was struggling to find a topic for a year-end reflection and an idea to reflect on the past year came to mind. I think 2022 has been a challenging…
The Taste of Things III
Most would agree with the newspaper article I read today that stated “we live in a fraught and fractured time!” Signs of disorder, chaos, and collapse are everywhere. Distrust, disinterest,…
We Were Made for These Times
There is an emerging consensus that we humans of planet earth are in a time of systems collapse. Systems we have built – e.g. health care, education, government, religion, politics,…