- Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane‘Come and have breakfast.’ A humble bar-b-que breakfast on the lakeside, a simple request set in extra-ordinary circumstances. What answer would you give? After a hard night of work (fishing...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneToday's reading from the Gospel of John, is proclaimed on the second Sunday of Easter in each of the three Sunday Lectionary cycles. This gives us a hint about the...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneHow significant that the faithful women, ‘at the first sign of dawn’ went to the tomb! Little did they know that this was the great dawn, that Light had overcome...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneJesus said: “Do this in remembrance of me…” (Luke 22:19) Remembering brings the past into the present to shape the future. This week we remember the night Jesus was betrayed...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIt was probably embarrassing enough for the women who was “in full view of everybody” to be lectured to. In a very compassionate act, Jesus doesn’t begin to preach about...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThis Sunday’s Gospel “The Parable of the Lost Son” speaks right into the heart of mercy, not just how God extends mercy to the lost who are found but how...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneAll good scriptural texts have multiple layers of meaning. Different people can read the same text and receive very different messages. This can depend upon their life experiences, their world...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneToday’s Gospel is about the transfiguration of Jesus. It is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it signifies the realisation of the disciples that Jesus is truly the Son of God,...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn this Sunday’s gospel, we witness Jesus being tempted by the devil in the wilderness for forty days, signifying the start of the Lenten season. When reading through this scripture,...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneContinuing his Sermon on the Plain, Jesus exhorts his disciples to “take the log out of your own eye”, and to do what is necessary to become qualified “like the...
Weekly Reflections
Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane