Both today’s first reading, Acts 2:1-11, and the Gospel, John 20:19-23, tell the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples. But note how each story begins....

One small phrase of today’s gospel stood out to me in prayer: “though some hesitated”. The context is the disciples meeting the risen Jesus in Galilee, with the implication that...

Hanging on my kitchen wall is a cork board with a quote by St Catherine of Siena firmly pinned to it: “Be who God meant you to be, and you...

John 14:1-12: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do even greater works than I, because I am...

In John’s Gospel this week, the people of God are compared to a flock of sheep. It’s a repeated comparison throughout the Old and New Testament, with images of God...

On October the 28th 1996, my wife and I welcomed our third child. We’d successfully managed our child rearing by each taking responsibility for either child. Now, with 3 children...

In Today’s Gospel when Jesus breathed on his Disciples and said, “receive the Holy Spirit”, there is a similarity to Genesis 2:7, where God breathed life giving breath into Adam....

On the mountain of the Transfiguration it was Peter, James and John. In the garden of Gethsemane it was Peter James and John. At the empty tomb it is Mary...

The double name for this Sunday leading us into Holy Week, announces both the joy and suffering which characterises this time. Being Year A, both the glad Hosannas and the...

There’s lot to ponder and reflect from our Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Lent. Perhaps the most pressing question comes from Jesus (v25-26): “I am the resurrection and the...